Thanks for all the help and sorry about my sqrt( vs Sqrt[ problem ...
Also, I didn't know about integrals.wolfram.com. I suppose the
antiderivatives that involve square roots of 5 and 3 are skipping
pedestrian methods and doing something fairly complex.
Barton
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>Reinhard?Oldenburg?wrote:
>>?The?square?root?has?to?be?spelled?Sqrt?in?Mathematica.?Then?6.0?gets:
>>?2*Sqrt[1?-?x^2?+?2*x*x2?-?x2^2]?+?(1?-?2*x2)*ArcSin[x?-?x2]
>>
>>?RO
>>
>>
>Right.??Sorry?I?missed?that.??The?[]?made?me?think?it?was?all?in
>Mathematica?syntax.
>I?get?an?answer?too?from?Mma?6.0.
>As?penance,?I?tried?the?same?problem?on?commercial?Macsyma.?It?leaves
>the?integral?unevaluated.
>RJF
>
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