Re: int(1/x^2,x,-1,1)

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Subject: Re: int(1/x^2,x,-1,1)
From: Andy Ringsmuth <andyring@SPAM.INETNEBR.COM>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 01:07:50 -0600
Organization: United States Navy
References: <339EF04B.5418@cyberg8t.com>
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In article <339EF04B.5418@cyberg8t.com>, galois@cyberg8t.com wrote:

> Hi 92-ers,
>
> I don't have the '92, but I'm a Deriver from way back.  One of
> the curious bugs in Derive is that, if you integrate 1/x^2 from
> -1 to 1, it give you 2.
>
> I love this because it teaches students to be wary of computers telling
> tales.  Could someone try this on the '92 and tell me how it comes out?
>
> Geoff Hagopian
> Palm Desert, CA

Well, according to my calc whiz friend, Josh Brown
(ar505@detroit.freenet.org), the answer is infinity. According to the 92,
it is also infinity.

Just my $.02

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From: Geoff H <galois@cyberg8t.com>

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