integrate(sin(x)^2/x,x,minf,inf);



> What version of Maxima are you running?

ya at debian:~$ maxima --version
Maxima 5.26.0
>
> (%i1) integrate(sin(x)^2/x,x,minf,inf);
> Principal Value
> (%o1) 0
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 01:42, Dmitry Shkirmanov <piminusmeson at bk.ru 
> <mailto:piminusmeson at bk.ru>> wrote:
>
>     (%i1) integrate(sin(x)^2/x,x,minf,inf);
>     Principal Value
>                                        log(- 1)
>     (%o1)                             - --------
>                                           2
>     (%i2) integrate(sin(x)^2/x,x,10000000000,10000000000);
>     (%o2)                                  0
>     (%i3)
>
>     Function sin(x)^2/x is odd function, so it seems that
>     integrate(sin(x)^2/x,x,minf,inf) must return 0. Am i wrong?
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