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Re: problem with double integral

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  • Subject: [mg107669] Re: problem with double integral
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:32:00 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Regina,
you may do it like:

fun[Q_?NumericQ]:= NIntegrate[(Exp[-1/(4 x) - 4 x]), {x, Q, \[Infinity]}]
NIntegrate[1/fun[x], {x, 0, 1}]

Note that I changed the order of the limits and defined fun only for 
numerical arguments. Otherwise NIntegrate is not happy.
Daniel



On 18.02.2010 11:15, Regina wrote:
> Hi there,
> i got a problem: how can i evaluate the following integral:
> define:
> i[Q_] := Integrate[(Exp[-a/(4 x) - 4 x]), {x, \[Infinity], Q}]
> now i want to compute:
> NIntegrate[1/i[Q], {Q, 0, 1}]
>
> what am i doing wrong? how can i integrate that function?
>


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