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Re: symbolic integration of wave functions

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  • Subject: [mg117053] Re: symbolic integration of wave functions
  • From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:39:08 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <ikt5kn$27$1@smc.vnet.net>

A bug for sure. Why not send it to the bug desk?

Cheers,

Kevin

On 3/5/2011 6:09 AM, chris pichon wrote:
Has anybody found the following problem with this integral in 
Mathematica 8 ?

Integrate[ Sin[x] Exp[ I k  Cos[x - y]], {x,  0, 2 Pi}]

which produces 0, which is incorrect as it should match

Integrate[Sin[x + y] Exp[I k Cos[x]], {x, 0, 2 Pi}]

2 I Pi BesselJ[1, k] Sin[y]



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