Integration - Maxima and Mathematica give different result
Subject: Integration - Maxima and Mathematica give different result
From: Rupert Swarbrick
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:50:42 +0000
Francois Lemery <francois.lemery at gmail.com> writes:
> Dear Maximaticians,
> I am confused why Maxima and Mathematica give different answers for the
> following integration by a factor of 2.
I can't answer the question of the factor of 2 off-hand...
<snip>
> /* Output gives:
> (2*%pi*k*q^2*%e^(-(omega^2*sigma^2)/c^2))/pi
> **Also, why doesn't maxima remove the pi/pi in this last expression? Even
> after ratsimp??
> */
... but I can answer this one! In Maxima, 3.14159... is called
%pi. "pi" is just some other variable.
Rupert
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