Maxima can't do this integral??? (David Ronis)



Hello David,

I've done this in EuMathT (It has Maxima support)

 >::integrate(%e^(-kappa*r)*sin(k*r),r,0,inf)
 
 Is  kappa  positive, negative, or zero?

 >::positive
 
 Is  k  positive, negative, or zero?
 
 >::positive
 
                                        k
                                   -----------
                                        2    2
                                   kappa  + k
 
 >
There is no problem, as I could see.

Regards,
Radovan

maxima-request at math.utexas.edu wrote:

>Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:42:38 -0400
>From: David Ronis <ronis at ronispc.chem.mcgill.ca>
>Subject: Maxima can't do this integral???
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>I've got a trivial integral that maxima doesn't seem to be able to do;
>I'm having trouble believing this.  Can someone confirm?
>
> integrate(%e^(-kappa*r)*sin(k*r),r,0,inf);
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>(kappa>0) I get the integral form when I do this.
>
>(The answer is k/(k^2+kappa^2))
>
>
>David
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