Incorrect integral in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg91362] Incorrect integral in Mathematica
- From: Eran Mukamel <emukamel at stanford.edu>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:37:03 -0400 (EDT)
Hi All,
I'm getting a nonsensical answer of 0 for the following integral in Mathematica 5.0 (Mac OSX):
Integrate[Exp[-x^2/(2w^2)]Exp[-(y - y0)^2/(2z^2)],
{x, -Infinity, Infinity}, {y, -Infinity, Infinity}]
The result should be (2 Pi w z). Any ideas why this fails?
Thanks in advance, Eran