From: Albert_Rich@msn.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 6:49:15 PM UTC-10, Albert Rich wrote:   
      
   > Here Rubi is using what I call "piecewise constant extraction" to    
   > simplify the integrand.  (If anyone can suggest a better or more    
   > commonly used term for this integration technique, I would appreciate    
   > learning it...)   
      
   On Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:11:17 AM UTC-10, clicl...@freenet.de wrote:   
      
   > PS: I have seen your "piecewise constants" called "differential   
   > constants" by WRI's Daniel Lichtblau, but the former term is much much   
   > more popular according to Google.   
      
   I am glad to learn "piecewise constants" is a commonly used term.  But what I   
   really want to know is the accepted name for this powerful, but little-known,   
   integration technique.  It should rank up there with "integration by parts"   
   and "integration by    
   substitution"...   
      
   Albert   
      
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