# Evaluation of integral [closed]

I want to evaluate an indefinite integral using the Integrate command, and I know that the answer can be written in terms of elementary functions (square roots, logs etc.) but Mathematica seems to give the answer in terms of a Hypergeometric2F1 function. How do I get it to give me the answer in terms of the elementary functions?

The integral is the following: $$\int \sqrt{\left(\frac{w}{2}\right)\left(\frac{w}{2}+u+v\right)} \ \mathrm{d}w$$

Thanks!

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What are u and v, constants or functions? If the former then it doesn't yield Hypergeometric2F1 but an elementary expression involvig square roots and logarithms. You should provide your original input if you expect any help. –  Artes Aug 13 at 21:32
Please restart your Mathematica session and try again.You probably have some lingering definition for u and/or v –  belisarius Aug 13 at 22:16
I realized that I was using (0.5) for the square root's power, but using (1/2) gave the correct answer! –  Sheheryar Zaidi Aug 13 at 22:33

Integrate[Sqrt[w/2 (w/2 + u + v)], w]

(Sqrt[w] Sqrt[2 u + 2 v + w] (Sqrt[w] (u + v + w) Sqrt[2 u + 2 v + w] - 2 ((u + v)^2)