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Cauchy principal value integral

asked 2023-10-06 10:01:55 +0100

How can I calculate a Cauchy principal Value integral with sagemath

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answered 2023-10-06 19:36:57 +0100

achrzesz gravatar image

Also:

from sympy import Integral
from sympy.abc import x
Integral(1/x, (x, -1, 1)).principal_value()
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answered 2023-10-06 18:40:51 +0100

dan_fulea gravatar image

Use the definition, there is a limit, write explicitly the limit in sage.

For instance, $$\int_{-1}^1\frac{dx}x$$ makes no sense as it is, but we may want to compute instead $$ \text{PV}\int_{-1}^1\frac{dx}x =\text{PV}\int_{-1}^1\frac{dx}x := \lim_{a\searrow0}\text{PV}\int_{[-1,-a]\cup[a,1]}\frac{dx}x \ . $$ This can be easily implemented:

var('a,x')
assume(a>0);
assume(a<1);
limit( integral(1/x, x, -1, -a) + integral(1/x, x, a, 1), a=0 )

We get zero.

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