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- From: pamws@sunvis1.vislab.olemiss.edu (Mark Sprague)
- Subject: Re: Question on numerical integration
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- References: <1992Oct7.113401.1322@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <1992Oct8.131346.16921@cs.mun.ca>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:31:23 GMT
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- >In article <1992Oct7.113401.1322@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> vhansen@ipfs.bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de (Wolfgang von Hansen) writes:
- >>How can one calculate things like
- >>
- >> a oo
- >>Int f(x) dx or Int f(x) dx
- >>-oo a
- >>
- >>numerically. I know how to do such things with finite limits,
- >>but I've got no idea how to deal with infinite limits.
- >>
- >>Thanks in advance, Wolfgang
-
- With some functions there is an upper (or lower) limit beyond which there
- is no significant contribution to the integral. Once you determine that
- limit, you have reduced the problem to an integral over finite limits.
-
- -Mark Sprague
- pamws@sunvis1.vislab.olemiss.edu
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