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Integral oddity

08-01-2016, 06:17 AM

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RE: Integral oddity

(07-31-2016 09:06 PM)lrdheat Wrote: Integral 1/(x^2 * sqrt(x^2 + 4)) should be (-sqrt(x^2 + 4))/4*x

The prime gives (-x -sqrt(x^2 + 4))/4*x after factorizing or after simplifying. Is this a bug?

No, because antiderivatives are defined up to a constant.

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