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I just started using Mathematica today, so I'm sure there is something I am doing incorrectly. I am trying to evaluate this integral:

Integrate[(2*A*r - ((2*B)/r^3) + (d/r)), {r, p, q}]

Where A, B and d are constants and p and q are my bounds of integration. How can I get it to evaluate this?

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Mathematica seems to get lost in the complex plane here. Assumptions help:

Integrate[(2*A*r - ((2*B)/r^3) + (d/r)), {r, p, q}, 
 Assumptions -> A > 0 && B > 0 && p > 0 && p < q]

yielding:

B (-(1/p^2) + 1/q^2) + A (-p^2 + q^2) + d Log[q/p]
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  • $\begingroup$ Ah ok, didnt know about adding assumptions! thanks! worked great $\endgroup$ – Stone Preston Oct 24 '18 at 1:39
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One possibility is to calculate the integral and then plug in the limits of integration:

int = Integrate[(2*A*r - ((2*B)/r^3) + (d/r)), r];
FullSimplify[(int /. r -> q) - (int /. r -> p)]

-((B + A p^4)/p^2) + B/q^2 + A q^2 - d Log[p] + d Log[q]

(Thanks to @theorist for noting I'd switched the p's and q's.)

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  • $\begingroup$ I think you meant FullSimplify[(int /. r -> q) - (int /. r -> p)] $\endgroup$ – theorist Oct 29 '18 at 23:37

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