Subject: Why does integrate ask so many questions?
From: Felix E. Klee
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:41:44 +0200
Hi,
take a look at this:
(C1) integrate(exp(-%i*x) + a*exp(%i*x),x,0,2*%pi);
Is a positive, negative, or zero?
positive;
(D1) 0
Why does integrate need to know whether a is positve, negative, or zero? The
integral is zero, always.
Felix
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