Re: [Phys-l] Integral Help

["Josh GATES" <jgates@sbschool.org>]

Snarky answer noted, and expected :), but I don't believe that any
integrator that I have access to (AFAIK) will do quintuple integrals of
summations...  If so, I'd love to know the syntax.

jg

Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> on
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 3:46 PM -0500 wrote:
> On 04/17/2008 01:25 PM, Josh GATES wrote:
> > ... take the
> > integral or to prove that a closed form solution does not exist. 
>
> Isn't that what computers are for?  
>
> A super-low-overhead way of doing it is
>  http://integrals.wolfram.com/index.jsp
>
> If you are going to be doing a lot of such things, consider installing a 
> computer algebra system on your computer.  "Maxima" (a variant of macsyma)
> is free.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Forum for Physics Educators
> Phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l