On Sunday, October 12, 2014 1:27:27 PM UTC-7, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > I don't think integrate() tries any simplification. Ideally it > shouldn't have to. >
Why not? It seems to me quite the opposite. That is, integration is much easier if the input is first converted to some canonical form (or one of a few canonical forms). RJF > > Aaron Meurer > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Francesco Bonazzi > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > On Sunday, October 12, 2014 1:50:10 AM UTC+2, Aaron Meurer wrote: > >> > >> That's correct. If integrate() returns an unevaluated Integral, it > >> means the algorithm couldn't compute an integral. The fu() function is > >> able to simplify this expression (it equals 2*sin(x)), so > >> integrate(fu(fx), x) works. > >> > > > > Why is fu( ) not attempted in the integrate( ) algorithm? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/6014ba22-a647-4e51-9905-730eadb5fd26%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/b04a7673-6ea0-4f3b-82ab-fef23babde38%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
