[Maxima] Integration has problems with sums
Andrey G. Grozin
A.G.Grozin at inp.nsk.su
Mon Jun 25 01:40:11 CDT 2007
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Robert Dodier wrote:
> By default, Maxima does not treat integrate as linear,
> probably because there are infinite series which cannot
> be integrated term by term. However, for any finite sum,
> the integral of the sum is the sum of the integrals, right?
No.
integrate(f1(x)-f2(x),x,a,b)
can converge, while both
integrate(f1(x),x,a,b)
and
integrate(f2(x),x,a,b)
are divergent.
Andrey
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