Questions tagged [calculus-and-analysis]
Questions related to the calculus and analysis branches of Mathematica, including, but not limited to, limits, derivatives, integrals, series, and residues.
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Why does Mathematica miss some solutions for my integral?
When computing the integral of two orthogonal sine functions
$\qquad \sin(n\,\pi\,x)\,\sin(m\,\pi\,x)$, where $n,\,m$ are integers > 0
Mathematica seems to miss the solution where $n=m$. I don't ...
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NIntegrate a Triple Integral… Different Integration Strategies
I'm trying to evaluate a triple integral using NIntegrate. It takes the form:
\begin{align}
\int_{\omega_0-5\delta}^{\omega_0+5\delta} \mathrm{d}\omega \int_{\omega_0-5\delta}^{\omega_0+5\delta}\...
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How can I inform Mathematica of an identity concerning Bessel functions?
I am doing some analytical work that includes the integral of $e^{i(n\, t - x \sin t)}$. I know the result of this integral is a Bessel function.
$$J_n(x)=\frac1{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^\pi e^{i(x\sin\tau-n\...
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Minimal Surface of Revolution - Integrate Challenge
I'm trying to use Mathematica to go from equation (11) to equation (12) in this example of a Minimal Surface of Revolution. There is a MMA notebook on that link, but it only shows how to find the ...
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Graphing f '(x) from the graph of f(x) [on hold]
Let f(x) = (x^2-4)/(x^2+1).
a) Use the appropriate Manipulate[ ] command from the example in this lab to graph f '(x) from the graph of f(x) using - 3 < x < 3 and a range of -5 < y &...
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Why am I getting Ceiling[j] after differentiating when j is an integer?
I'm teaching myself Mathematica and am trying to compute the following derivative $\frac{d}{dx_j}\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i^i$ which should give $j\times x_j^{j-1}$.
However, typing the equivalent in ...
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A possible bug for Limit
I was trying to calculate the limit of an expression, say:
Limit[1, c -> I, Assumptions -> Im[c] > 1]
And I got a message ...
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How can I obtain a regularized value of this integral using Mathematica?
I want to know the regularized value of this integral. Wolfram Mathematica fails.
$$\int_0^\infty \psi'(x+1)dx$$
I have two conjectures, it is either $\gamma$ or $0$.
I attempted
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Getting an analytical form $f(x,y)$ from numerical solutions of a ContourPlot
I numerically solved a set of equations which yields a solution of the form $f(x,y)=c$.
I was hoping to obtain an analytic expression for $f(x,y)=1$ (in my case $c=1$) but all I managed to do was to ...
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Find constant that allows an integral to be finite
I have a function which is a not-so complicated polynomial, depending on a parameter $c$:
$$f(r,c) = \frac{-2 r^4-4 r^3-6 r^2-6 r-3}{8 r^3}-\frac{c \left(-2 r^2-2 r-1\right)}{4 r^3}$$
What I am ...
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Derivative does not correspond to function
I have an implicitly defined function, f[p], and I plot it together with its derivative. As is clear from the picture, the function is increasing, but the ...
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Find the area between the curves [on hold]
x = 0, x = 4, y = 2e^3x, y = e^3x + e^9
I have tried to ...
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Indefinite Integration of real-variable function gives complex logarithm [closed]
Integrating real-variable function in Mathematica
Integrate[1/Sqrt[2 x - x^2], x]
gives following output with complex logarithm
$$
\frac{2 \sqrt{x-2} \sqrt{x} \...
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Speeding up exact evaluation of an integral with non-constant limits?
I am working on a problem that has as part of its result an integral of the form
$\text{Integrate}\left[c,\left\{x_1,0,m_1\right\},\left\{x_2,x_1,m_2\right\},\text{...},\left\{x_n,x_{n-1},m_n\right\...
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How to evaluate theta function's derivative numerically?
I run into this derivative but Mathematica won't evaluate:
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Find residue at an essential singularity
I want to find
Residue[(x^3 Exp[1/x])/(1 - x^2), {x, 0}]
And when I try to evaluate this I have again:
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Gradient of function with arbitrary number of variables
This link answers the question on how to express the derivative of a function with an arbitrary number of variables. However, what if I wanted the gradient? More specifically, if ...
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Typing and derivating unevaluated sums
First I would like to get the output of
F[x_, y_, k_] := Sum[x^(m - n)*y^m, {n, 0, k}, {m, n, k - 1}]
as an unevaluated (symbolic) sum. Then, derivate F
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n derivatives on a function of n variables
I want to derive an expression with respect to each variable of a function $f: \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R$. More precisely:
$\left(\prod_{i=1}^n\frac{\partial}{\partial_{x_i}}\right) g(f(x_1,...
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Got MeasureDump when integrate over region with decimal parameters?
I had this problem when using Integrate over regions:
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How to evaluate derivative for implicit
If $x = \frac{1}{2}y(y^2-3)$, how do I use Mathematica to evaluate $\frac{\text{d}y}{\text{d}x}$ at the point where $y=0$? Doing f[y_] = 1/2*y*(y^2 - 3) and then <...
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Why is “1” not a valid variable? Why is there not a function plotted in the Plot function? [duplicate]
This is my code for playing this kind of stuff
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Definite Integration with Exponental Heaviside Step Funtions
As part of an equation of state calculator that I am working on, I have to handle a virial expansion for the equation of state. As such I have to solve for the virial coefficent, $B(T)$, which is ...
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After activating, inactive integral, output is coming same as input
I am trying to plot s w.r.t r (0,10). But because of inactive integral I am not able to. When I activate inactive integral, output is coming same as input. When I am trying to plot graph w.r.t r(0 to ...
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Implementing a generic product rule
I'd like to implement a generic rule for expanding differential forms by the product rule. For instance, I'd like to transform the following PDE:
$\phi \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t} = \phi \nabla^...
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Compare their asymptotic behaviour using the order notation [closed]
For each pair of the following functions, compare their asymptotic behaviour using the order notation.
f(n) = e^n and g(n)= 3n^2
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Problem with antiderivative which involves DiracDelta
Let us execute in version 12.0
Integrate[DiracDelta[x]*DiracDelta'[x], x]
DiracDelta[x]^2/2
and this lasts at least since version 7. However, the ...
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Z-Transform Solution
I am trying to solve the z-transform of the following sequence using Mathematica:
x[n]=-a^n u[-n-1]
The known result is $X(z)=z/(z-a)$ with ROC: $|z|<|a|$.
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I need a starter kit for Differential Geometry
In Modern Cosmology, the Geodesic Equation is described as:$$\frac {d^2x'^2}{dt}+\left[ \left( \{\frac{\partial x}{\partial x'}\}^{-1} \right)^l_i \frac{\partial^2 x^i}{\partial x'^j \partial x'^k} \...
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Siginificant speed difference of Integrate between 9.0 and 12.0
I just upgraded from 9.0 to 12.0, and I found some strange difference in timings for the following expressions:
a. Integrate[Exp[-a*x^8],{x,-Infinity,Infinity}]
b....
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Derivative operator w.r.t a vector index and change of variables
Description and code lines:
Define a scalar product to represent $A_i·A_j$ , $A_i ·B_j$ and $B_i ·B_j$, such that $A_i · A_i$ = 0.
This is implemented in the following way:
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D: Understanding the output of 'n' th derivative of a function involving Exp[1]
I am trying to find the $n^{th$ derivate of a function involving Exp[1] as given below.
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Why the Kernel crashes on these integrals in V12?
Reported to WRI, [CASE:4331819]
This is using V12, on windows 10, 64 bit. Note: these integrals work OK on 11.3 on same PC.
Any idea why the Kernel now crashes on these types of integrals?
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Reduce to Piecewise
There are some similar posts on SE, but none of them seems to exactly address my issue.
I need to integrate a rather complicated function (over $x>1$) separately over two domains defined as ...
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FindMinimum giving wrong answer [closed]
I have a very simple problem that Mathematica is giving a wrong answer to. I want to minimize the following function:
$\frac{3+t^2+6\theta +3 \theta^2}{6 t^3}$ in $\theta$ and $t$.
Now, plotting the ...
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How to substitute by NDSolve solution to plot a new function
Assume I got some function by NDSolve , like y(t)
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Solve command does not solve this equation!
I tried to solve the following equation with Mathematica:
$\left(1-x^2\right) \left(n \left(x^4-2 x^2+5\right)-4 \pi \left(x^2-1\right)\right) \sinh (\pi x) \cosh (n x)+\sinh (n x) \left(\left(1-x^...
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How to solve this equation in Mathematica?
I wonder what is the best way to solve this equation in MA?
$$ y= \frac{\partial}{\partial x} ~ \frac{\partial}{\partial x^*} f $$
where y and ...
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How to obtain the symbolic expression for the integral?
I need to evaluate the following expression,
$\frac{1}{\Gamma(1-\alpha)} \frac{d}{d x} \int_{0}^{x}(x-t)^{-\alpha}(\exp(\lambda t)) d t, 0<\alpha<1, \lambda\in \mathbb{C}$
using Mathematica to ...
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Efficient application of the fundamental theorem of calculus
How can the following definite integral be computed with Mathematica?
$$
-\frac14\int_1^{\infty}\!\!\frac{\sqrt{-4 x^4-4 x^2 z-(y^2+z)^2}}{x (x^2+z)}\theta\!\left(-4 x^4-4 x^2 z-(y^2+z)^2\right)\...
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The most bizarre kernel crash ever. Kernel crash in Integrate under simple different setups. Unable to find cause
Reported to WRI. CASE:4330461
V 12 on windows 10 64 bit. Note: This problem do not show up in V 11.3. Only in V12.
For the last 2 hrs, I've been trying to zoom into why V12 kernel crash when ...
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Solving an integral using assumptions
I am trying to solve the integral
Integrate[(Sin(theta))/sqrt((r^2) + (s^2) - 2 rs(cos(theta))), {theta, 0, pi}]
with assumptions that ...
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Computing the definite integral of a fractional polynomial containing sin(x) and x^n
I need to compute the definite integral defined as $$\int_{-\infty }^{+\infty } \frac{\sin ({x_0}\, \omega )-\sin (x \omega )}{(\sin (x \omega )-\sin ({x_0}\, \omega ))^2+(x-{x_0})^2} \, dx\,.$$
When ...
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Complicated Integral output with Unfamiliar Regularized Hypergeometric Function
I need the solution for following integral and it has output in MATHEMATICA as:
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Real and imaginary parts of complex logarithm
I need to obtain the real and imaginary parts of the below expression with Mathematica:
$(- i a - m^2) \ln(\frac{i m^2}{2 a})$,
where $a$ and $m$ are real.
So we have:
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Integrating a function with Max function
I'm trying to evaluate the triple integral
$$\int_{0}^{1} \int_{0}^{1-x} \int_{0}^{1-\max(x,y)}1 dzdydx$$
in Mathematica. The code I'm using is simply
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How can I code Riccati-Bessel functions nd their derivatives?
I tried my best to code Ricatti-Bessel functions and their derivatives, but I am encountering problems. Please guide me on how to code them?
