Re: I'm stumped
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Re: I'm stumped
f(x)=(1+x^4)^(1/2).
The F(x) (antiderivate) of this one is for all common purposes not defined.
ie: there isnt one. Technically there is one, but it's an elliptical, has
been discovered only recently, (NB: ellipticals are a type of
antiderivate.. it's not specific to this formula). It is waaay beyond high
school calculus, even BC or DifEqu.
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-R.Zwitserloot@BTInternet.com
Hevard Berland <hberland@robin.no> wrote in article
<525.7079T925T2623@robin.no>...
> James Johndrow wrote:
> >Does anyone know how to obtain the anti-derivitive of (1+x^4)^(1/2)? I
> >seem to have stumped myself and most of the faculty with this one. Any
> >help is appreciated.
>
> It's likely that there does not exist any anti-derivative to this
function.
>
> I tested on my TI-92, and it does not give any full answer.
>
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> Hevard Berland
http://www.robin.no/~hberland
>
hberland@robin.no
>
>
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