Homework Statement
\int\frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^2+4}}dx
Homework Equations
n/a
The Attempt at a Solution
Letting x=2tan\theta and dx=2sec^2\theta d\theta
\int\frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^2+4}}dx=\int\frac{4tan^2\theta}{\sqrt{4+4tan^2\theta}}2sec^2\theta d\theta=\int\frac{8tan^2\theta...
Hi there,
I am having some difficulty evaluating a repeated integral, which is the first of two shown in the image.
I had hoped to be able to use Gaussian Quadrature to provide a numerical result, however am unsure on if this is possible for a repeated integral?
I have attempted to use Cauchy'...
Homework Statement
A massless string of length 2l connects two hockey pucks that lie on frictionless ice. Aconstant horizontal force F is applied to the midpoint of the string, perpendicular to it (see right figure). How much kinetic energy is lost when the pucks collide, assuming they stick...
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I want to calculate $$\iint_{\Sigma}\left (ydy\land dz+zdz\land dx+zdx\land dy\right )$$ where $\Sigma$ is the surface that is described by $x^2+y^2+z^2=1$ and $y\geq 0$ and has such an orientation that the perpendicular vectors that implies have a direction away from the point...
Evaluate (use attached figure for depiction) $ \iint_{R} \, xy \, dA $
where $R$ is the region bounded by the line
$y = x - 1$ and the parabola $y^2 = 2 x + 6$.
I will post solution in just a moment with a reply.
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1. ∫∫dydx
2. ∫∫x dydx
(x2<= y <= 4) and (-2 <= x <= 2)
1. Two method get the same answer
2. Two method get the different answer
- between answers 0 or 8 , the correct answer is ?
I met this problem with my problem
∫ (x^4 + y^2)dx +(2x^2-y^4)dy = ∫∫ [(4x - ( 2y )]...
I got the following two integral for the a particular solution of a 2nd order linear ODE $$(D-a)(D-b)y = g(x)$$
by using inverse operators ##\frac{1}{D-a}## and ##\frac{1}{D-b}##. The two different integrals are obtained by operating these operators in different order on y to get a particular...
1. The problem statement, all variables, and given/known data
Find and categorize extremes of the following function: $$F(y)=\int_{y}^{y^{2}}\frac{1}{\ln^{2}x}dx$$ for ##y>1##.
Homework Equations
$$\frac{d}{dx}\int_{a}^{b}f(x,y)dy=\int_{a}^{b}\frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left(f(x,y)\right)dy$$...
Dear all,
Please solve this integral:
I tried integral by substitution, but failed.
Wolframalpha shows the result is 6, but I don't know how to proceed it.
Can it be solved by elementary function?
Hi. So I'm trying to use Laplace transforms in inverting a particular s-function via the convolution formula.
I ended up with this terrifying-looking thing:
So distributing, I ended up with:
Evaluating the second integral poses no problem for me (although I think the integration will...
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What I tried so far is to break the denominator as (1+Cos2x). The integral of 1/(x^2+2) can be done with substituting x = sqrt(2)u and will evaluate to a constant times arctan (x/sqrt(2)) but I have no idea how to evaluate the rest. This is calculus AP (with real numbers only). My...
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I want to calculate $\iint_{\Sigma}(x^2+y^2)zdA$ on the part of the plane with equation $z=4+x+y$ that is inside the cylinder with equation $x^2+y^2=4$.
We can define the surface $\Sigma : D\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^3$ with $\Sigma (x,y)=(x,y,4+x+y)$, where $D$ is the space that is...
Homework Statement
Considering the function $$f(x) = e^{-x}, x>0$$ and $$f(-x) = f(x)$$. I am trying to find the Fourier integral representation of f(x).
Homework Equations
$$f(x) = \int_0^\infty \left( A(\alpha)\cos\alpha x +B(\alpha) \sin\alpha x\right) d\alpha$$
$$A(\alpha) =...
When working a proof, I reached an expression similar to this:
$$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\mathrm{e}^{-a^2 x^2}}{1 + x^2} \mathrm{d}x$$
I've tried the following:
1. I tried squaring and combining and converting to polar coordinates, like one would solve a standard Gaussian. However...
Homework Statement
A block of mass ##m = 1.00 kg## is being dragged through some viscous fluid by
an external force ##F = 10.0 N##. The resistive force can be written as ##R = -bv##,
where ##v## is the speed and ##b = 4.00 kg/s## is a phenomenological constant. You
may ignore gravity (we...
Homework Statement
z=x^2+xy ,y=3x-x^2,y=x find the volume of the region
Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution
I graphed y=3x-x^2 and y=x I am confused on which region I use to find the volume. Do I use the upper region or the lower region.
Is the "function" R->R
f(x) = +oo, if x =0 (*)
0, if x =/= 0
Lebesgue measureable? Does its Lebesgue Integral exist? If yes, how much is it?
(*) Certainly we shoud give a convenient meaning to that writing.
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I'm trying to fit a model curve to some data by performing a chi square minimisation wrt three parameters a,b and NN. The trouble I am having is that the variables with which I want to minimise the chi square with respect to appear in an integral. I attach the code I am working with...
I'm reading "Teaching Feynman’s sum-over-paths quantum theory" by Taylor et al.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.374.4480&rep=rep1&type=pdf,
I'd like to confirm whether my understanding is correct, so a couple of questions.
1. We need to try and think of all kinds of...
Equation
\varphi(x)=x+1-\int^{x}_0 \varphi(y)dy
If I start from ##\varphi_0(x)=1## or ##\varphi_0(x)=x+1## I will get solution of this equation using Picard method in following way
\varphi_1(x)=x+1-\int^{x}_0 \varphi_0(y)dy
\varphi_2(x)=x+1-\int^{x}_0 \varphi_1(y)dy
\varphi_3(x)=x+1-\int^{x}_0...
Hi guys,
So I'm trying to compute this Feynman integral:
$$ V=\dfrac {-i} {2} \int {\dfrac {d^4 k} {(2\pi)^4}} \dfrac {1} {k^2 - m^2} \dfrac {1} {(k+P_1)^2 -m^2} \dfrac {1} {(k+P_1 +P_2)^2 -m^2}$$
I have introduced the Feynman parameters and now have the integral:
$$ V=-i \int...
Homework Statement
Hydrostatic force on a plane surface ex:
Hydrostatic force on a gate:
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
why can't we just use the formula in the red box above for problem 3.57?
instead I have to use integral
I am confused, how does this gate different from...
Homework Statement
Calculate ##\int x^2 dV## over an ellipsoid with semi-axes a, b and c along x, y and z. rotating around the z axis with an angular speed ##\omega##.
Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution
I managed to calculate this in the case when it is not rotating and I got...
Homework Statement
I'm given the integral show in the adjunct picture, in the same one there is my attempt at a solution.
Homework Equations
x = r.cos(Θ)
y = r.sin(Θ)
dA = r.dr.dΘ
The Attempt at a Solution
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I tried to do it in polar coordinates, so I substituted x=r.cos(Θ) y=r.sin(Θ) in...
So Feynman's path integral considers every possible path that a particle could take from start to end. In that process, there would be a path which contains a segment from, say, A to B at time t. But there could also be a path with a segment from B to A at that same time, t. If so, would this...
Homework Statement
Use Green's Theorem to find the area of the region between the x-axis and the curve parameterized by r(t)=<t-sin(t), 1-cos(t)>, 0 <= t <= 2pi
Attached is a figure pertaining to the question
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
Using the parameterized...
Homework Statement
Problem 1: Use double integrals to find the volume of the solid obtained by the rotation of the region:
##\triangle = \left\{ (x, y, z) | x^2 \le z \le 6 - x, 0 \le x \le 2, y = 0 \right\} ## (edit) in the xz-plane about the z axis
Homework Equations
Volume = ##\int_a^b...
I have the following expression :
$$ y_{E} = \int_{0}^{\infty} 0.5 * [E_{1}(µ(E)*r) - E_{1}(\frac{µ(E)*r}{cos \alpha})] * f(r) dr $$
where :
- $y_{E}$ has been measured for some E (something like 5 different $E_{i}$, to give you an idea)
- µ(E) is retrieved from a table in the litterature...
Hi, todos:
Do you know how to calculate the definte integral for Integral for ##\int_{-1}^{1} [P_{l}^{m}]^2 \ln [P_{l}^{m}]^2 dx##, where ##P_{l}^{m} (x)## is associated Legendre functions. Thanks for your time and help.
Homework Statement
Use double integrals to find the areas of the region bounded by ##x = 2 - y^2## and ##x = y^2##
Homework Equations
Volume = ##\int_a^b \int_{f(x)}^{g(x)} h(x) dx dy##.. and this is equivalent if I switched the integrals and redid the limits of integration
The Attempt at a...
I am going through Shankar's treatment of Feynman Integrals right now, and I have one lingering doubt that I can't quite seem to work out.
I was pretty happy with the idea of discretizing time, then doing independent sums over xi at each time. But Shankar simply says that we can consider the...
Homework Statement
part b of below
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Homework Equations
##(1+x)^{1/2}=1+\frac{1}{2}x-\frac{x^{2}}{8}+...##
The Attempt at a Solution
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##\int\limits^{\Lambda}_{-\Lambda} \frac{dy}{\sqrt{r^2+y^2}}=log(\lambda+\sqrt{\lambda^2+r^2}) - log(-\lambda+\sqrt{\lambda^2+r^2}) ##
##=...
Homework Statement
I am supposed to evaluate the contour integral of the positive branch of ##z^{-1/2}## over the following contour:
I believe the answer should be 0, by Cauchy's theorem (loop encloses no poles), but my methods of parameterization have led to non-zero answers.
Homework...
Suppose we have a function $f(x)$ which is infinitely differentiable in the neighborhood of $x_0$, and that: $f^{(k)}(x) \ge 0$ for each $k=0,1,2,3,\ldots$ for all $x$ in this neighborhood.
Let $R_n(x)=\frac{1}{n!}\int_a^x f^{(n+1)}(t)(x-t)^n dt$ where $x_0-\epsilon <a<x<b<x_0+\epsilon$;
I...
Homework Statement
the second solution is the correct, I know you can put C on both sides and it simplifed to C2 on one side, but why can't you put C2 on the right side?
Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution
Homework Statement
Find the z -coordinate of the center of mass of the first octant of a sphere of radius R centered at the origin. Assume that the sphere has a uniform density.
Homework Equations
Mass = Integral of the density function
Center of mass for z = Integral of density * z divided...
I know this was done before on this forum but can't find it
$\displaystyle \int\sqrt{x^2+1}\ dx%$
$\text{where $u=x$ and $a=1$ then plug}$
$\displaystyle \frac{u}{2}\sqrt{u^2+a^2} + \frac{a^2}{2}\ln\left| u+\sqrt{u^2+a^2}\right|$
how is this derived?
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Let $D$ be the space $\{x,y,z)\mid z\geq 0, x^2+y^2\leq 1, x^2+y^2+z^2\leq 4\}$. I want to calculate the integral $\iiint_D x^2\,dx\,dy\,dz$. I have done the following:
We have that $x^2+y^2+z^2\leq 4\Rightarrow z^2\leq 4-x^2-y^2 \Rightarrow -\sqrt{4-x^2-y^2}\leq z\leq...
Hi,
Could you please help me understand the following example from page 76 of "QFT for the gifted amatur"?
I can't see how the following integral
becomes
Thanks a lot
So for an infinite plane of current, current traveling in the X direction, the magnetic field everywhere above the plane is going clockwise, and the m. field below the plane is going counterclockwise.
So the path integral is Integral of H dot dl = Current Enclosed
Why, in this video, does the...
Homework Statement
Homework Equations
flux = int(b (dot) ds)
The Attempt at a Solution
I just wanted clarification on finding ds. I understand why ds is in the positive yhat direction (just do rhr) but I don't understand where the dxdz come from. How do we find ds in general?
I used Newtons method and taylor approximations to solve this equation $$f'''+\frac{m+1}{2}ff''+m(1-f^{'2})=0$$
It solves for velocity of air over a flat plate.
The velocity is a constant ##u_e## everywhere except in a boundary layer over the plate, where the velocity is a function of distance...
I am trying to find a series representation for the following expression
$$\int_{i=0}^\infty {x^{\frac{2n-1}{2}}(b+x)^{-n}}e^{\left(-{\frac{x^2}{2m}}+\frac{x}{p}\right)} dx$$ ; b,m,n,p are constant.
Is there a name for this function?
I found a series representation for $$\int_{i=0}^\infty...
##\Gamma(x)=\int^{\infty}_0 t^{x-1}e^{-t}dt## converge for ##x>0##. But it also converge for negative noninteger values. However many authors do not discuss that. Could you explain how do examine convergence for negative values of ##x##.
Just a quick thought I had:
If we have the following integral: ##\int_0^ax^xdx## where ##a>0##, is there any way to tell if all real number results will be transcendental? And if not ##a∈R##, would it be possible if we restrict it to only integers?