Questions on the use of numerical functions NIntegrate and NDSolve.

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Which integration strategy to use for this product of polynomials?

What would be the ideal integration strategy for a function like this: $$f(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_N)=\prod_{i=1}^Nx_i^{c_i}\Theta(x_i-p_i)$$ where $x_i,p_i\in \mathbb{R}$, $\Theta$ is the Heaviside function ...
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FindFit and NIntegrate with dependency between integration variables

I am trying to use FindFit and NIntegrate in this situation: ...
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How to integrate a multivariate normal in Mathematica? [closed]

I am trying to use Mathematica to integrate this w.r.t $x$, $x$ is 2-dimension. It looks like this, $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{20}{\exp \left\{ -\frac{1}{2\sigma _{i}^{2}}{{\left( x-\mu_i ...
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dealing with discontinuity at integration

My problem is about the solution of $2$ non-linear equations which have a single parameter. To be more precise, For given two densities; for example: ...
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Issue with WorkingPrecision

I am having the following issue. I am evaluating a numerical integral, and I need high precision to get good values of the function being integrated. ...
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NIntegrate, view integration options [duplicate]

The Mathematica manual says: NIntegrate symbolically analyzes its input to transform oscillatory and other integrands, subdivide piecewise functions, and select ...
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Nested NIntegrate - NIntegrate::inum: - error

I have the problem quite similar as in: Nested NIntegrate I define two functions: ...
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Contour integration [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Symbolic integration in the complex plane Does mathematica do Contour integration ? like this one : $\displaystyle \oint_{\gamma} f(z)\ \mathrm{d}z $ if yes, how ...
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Numerical solution of a system of ODEs

I have to solve set of coupled first order ODE's $y_1=z$, $ y_2=\frac{dz}{dt} $; $\frac{d^2y_1}{dt^2}=\frac{dy_2}{dt}=\frac{(p_s-p_f)}{p_s}g-\frac{9u}{2a^2p_s}y_2 $ Using the Euler method and the ...
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Mathematica 9's NDSolve treats sum as an integral [closed]

Sum and integral are threated the same by NDSolve in Mathematica 9: The problem was also in Mathematica 7. I submitted a bugreport to the technical support, they admitted this is a bug, fixed it in ...
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Need help with solving non-linear differential equation [closed]

I am new to using Mathematica and have a problem at hand: I need to solve $y''(x)+ a \sin(y(x)) = 0$ and plot the output, I need a "manipulate" thingy for the two initial conditions. Help needed.
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double integration

I want to evaluate a double integral, but the limits of one integral is a function of the second. Like this ...
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FindFit and Integration errors

First off, appologies for what may sound like a newbie question, as I am very new to using Mathematica. I am trying to find a way to get Mathematica to give me an expression that would describe the ...
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Very long evaluation time of NDSolve [closed]

The following code takes a very long time, and I am not quite sure why. The Quiet is needed as otherwise there are many error messages of the form ...

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