On Oct 22, 4:57 am, Gary Church <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> How can I evaluate
>
> integral(sin(x^2),x,0,2)
>
> to get a real value instead of the nasty expression involving erf() and I 
> that it spits out at me?
>
> Thanks much,
> Gary

One can check that the "nasty expression" is real:
sage: w=integral(sin(x^2),x,0,2)
sage: w.imag_part().simplify_full()
0

It seems that some special functions (erf, Fresnel,...?) have to be
used  in the exact integration

Andrzej Chrzeszczyk

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