Re: int(exp(x)*erf(x),x = a .. b)

From: Urijah Kaplan (uak_at_sas.upenn.edu)
Date: 06/13/04


Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:27:19 -0400

John Creighton wrote:
> using MATLAB 6.1.0.450 (R12.1) to access the maple
> kernel I don't get a solution. for:
> int(exp(x)*erf(x),x = a .. b)
> Does anyone know if this is solvable? It looks like you could do parts
> a few times, and then equate terms. Since:
>
>
>>>int(sym('erf(x)'))
>
>
> ans =
>
> x*erf(x)+1/pi^(1/2)*exp(-x^2)
>
> What about the integral:
> int(exp(x^2)*erf(x),x = a .. b)
>
> For this I could let u=erf(x)
> and do substitution. Right?
>
> Moreover, If I figure out how to do the integral myself, how do I
> teach maple to do it?

If this is any help, on Mathematica 5.01 I get

In[1]:=
Integrate[Erf[x]*E^x, {x, a, b}]

Out[1]=
(-E^(1/4))*Erf[1/2 - a] - E^a*Erf[a] + E^(1/4)*Erf[1/2 - b] +
   E^b*Erf[b]

and

In[2]:=
Integrate[Erf[x]*E^x^2, {x, a, b}]

Out[2]=
(1/Sqrt[Pi])*((-a^2)*HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 1}, {3/2, 2}, a^2] +
    b^2*HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 1}, {3/2, 2}, b^2])

where HypergeometricPFQ is defined here
<http://functions.wolfram.com/HypergeometricFunctions/Hypergeometric2F2/>

                --Urijah Kaplan



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