why I can not get a numerical answer by show(integral(x^x,x,1,2))

asked 2016-11-18 03:34:19 +0200

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show(integral(x^x,x,1,2))

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You can use numerical_integral instead of integral

numerical_integral(x^x,1,2)

or explicitly order a numerical answer

integral(x^x,x,1,2).n()

Equivalently, feed the whole expression to $N$

sage: N(integral(x^x,x,1,2)) #2.0504462345347307

Also, the same syntax $N$ exists in SymPy and the equivalent of $f.n()$ in SymPy is $f.evalf()$

A.Alharbi ( 2016-11-20 23:23:02 +0200 )edit

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