Paradoxica
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This is purely an observational thread, although you may choose to answer them anyway.
Post the most evil integrals you -have ever/happen to- come across in your mathematical endeavours.
And optionally, make a few observational comments on the integral, and any attempted evaluations of it.
http://community.boredofstudies.org...egration-marathon-archive-41.html#post7183192
My comment (long ago):
It is, at minimum, expressible using the real and imaginary parts of the 9th, 18th, and 36th roots of unity, and is extremely horrible, even if it does have a closed form primitive.
The similar integral
is completely trivial
Post the most evil integrals you -have ever/happen to- come across in your mathematical endeavours.
And optionally, make a few observational comments on the integral, and any attempted evaluations of it.
http://community.boredofstudies.org...egration-marathon-archive-41.html#post7183192
My comment (long ago):
It is, at minimum, expressible using the real and imaginary parts of the 9th, 18th, and 36th roots of unity, and is extremely horrible, even if it does have a closed form primitive.
The similar integral
is completely trivial
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