#14274: Numerical approximation of a divergent integral
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   Reporter:  eviatarbach  |             Owner:  burcin  
       Type:  defect       |            Status:  new     
   Priority:  major        |         Milestone:  sage-5.9
  Component:  calculus     |          Keywords:          
Work issues:               |   Report Upstream:  N/A     
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 Sage is numerically approximating this integral, even though it's
 divergent:

 {{{
 sage: integrate(x^3/sqrt(x^7+1), x, 1, oo).n()
 -2.0585298599983344
 sage: numerical_integral(x^3/sqrt(x^7+1), 1, oo)
 (-2.0585298599983344, 1.1214140727133781e-11)
 }}}

 `numerical_integral` also fails on simpler divergent integrals:

 {{{
 sage: numerical_integral(1/x, 1, oo)
 (65.94931131932763, 8.156214940519742)
 }}}

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