Re: Integration Problem
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- Subject: [mg126368] Re: Integration Problem
- From: Oliver Jennrich <oliver.jennrich at gmx.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 06:25:35 -0400 (EDT)
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Michael Musheghian <michael.musheghian at gmail.com> writes:
> Greetings!
>
> I found that evaluation of this 2 integrals yield a bit different result. What could be the reason?
>
> Integrate[E^(-1/10 ((1 + r2z)^2)), {r2z, -Infinity, Infinity}]
>
> Integrate[E^(-0.1 ((1 + r2z)^2)), {r2z, -Infinity, Infinity}]
Numerics. The first integral evaluates symbolically, the second one
semi-numerically.
Mathematica 8 yields Sqrt[10 \[Pi]] for the former and
5.60499 - 2.03152*10^-16 I for the latter.
You can avoid the very small imaginary part by either calculating the
equivalent integral
Integrate[E^(-0.1 ((r2z)^2)), {r2z, -Infinity, Infinity}]
(i.e. performing a shift in the integration variable) or by having Mathematica calculate the integral fully symbolically:
Integrate[E^(-a ((r2z)^2)), {r2z, -Infinity, Infinity},
Assumptions -> {a > 0}]
which yields not surprisingly Sqrt[\[Pi]]/Sqrt[a]
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