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|    Richard Fateman to All    |
|    Re: is this the correct antiderivative b    |
|    29 Jan 22 23:32:50    |
      From: fateman@gmail.com              > >       Maxima 5.45..1 gives ...       (%i2) integrate(integrand,x);       (%o2) -gamma_incomplete(-1/3,x^3/3)/3^(4/3)       (%i3) diff(%,x);       (%o3) %e^(-x^3/3)/x^2                     Interestingly, for the integral, Mathematica gives an expression that includes       the subexpression (x^3) ^ (1/3). Some people would expect that to be x.       Say x=-1, then we have (-1)^(1/3), which some people would expect to be -1.       Mathematica says %//N is 0.5 + 0.866025 I              which is indeed another cube root of -1.              I'm sure one can make an argument for this choice, but does it matter for the       integral?              And shouldn't Mathematica simplify (x^3)^(1/3)/x to (-1)^(1/3) ?        It doesn't.       Just asking :)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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