constants of integration (was Re: sqrt(x)*sqrt(x))
Subject: constants of integration (was Re: sqrt(x)*sqrt(x))
From: Rupert Swarbrick
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:57:35 +0000
"Rich Hennessy" <richhen2008 at gmail.com> writes:
> I don't think this is a good way to do it. If I need the c, I add it
> to the answer with %+c. If there is more than one integration I
> would make up a new name for each constant. I don't know how hard it
> would be to fix, but it is a Maxima quirk that fell between the cracks
> somehow. I don't know the history, was there ever a conscious
> decision to drop the + C? I don't know.
>
> Rich
AAAARGH! I think before you continue this line of discussion you should
make sure that you're very certain you know what you mean by "an
integral".
I presume that maxima attempts to return an antiderivative when called
to do indefinite integration. For example, an antiderivative of cos(x)
is sin(x). So is sin(x)+2 and sin(x)+3. But I don't really understand
what makes you think that maxima should return "sin(x)+c".
Maybe you could explain what you're trying to do, mathematically? I
think you might be confused.
Rupert
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