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integral interpretation

asked 12 years ago

ajk_birdman gravatar image

updated 12 years ago

I found an integral which sage doesn't much seem to like:

var('R, t') integral(((1/(Rt))exp(iRt)), t) it returns this: (essentially) (Ei(iRt))/R

But the two i's should just multiply out and the two R's simplify to 1. And what's 'E'? I realize the integral is divergent, and the indefinite serves my purposes, but I'm not quite sure what

Also, if anyone could point me to a thread on how to attach those nifty screenshot-like html images of a sage session (like those used in error reports, i have no idea what the right word is) into a text box like this, that would be be appreciated. Still new to computing.

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answered 12 years ago

achrzesz gravatar image

updated 12 years ago

Sage gives you the correct answer. You can check it for example in wolframalpha.

Ei

is the exponential integral (and not a product).

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