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There seems to be a bug in determining the folowing integral analytically:

Maple gives as a result

However, numerically integrating it

gives

In fact, integrating it from a to b,

gives

suggesting that Maple thinks the integrand is just 3/2. If one plots it, then it becomes obvious that this is not the case.

There were recently submitted a dozen Maple bugs by me and others. Maplesoft have brought no responses. They keep strategic silence. True merit is not afraid of criticism.

Download Bug_in_Statistics_PDF.mw

Download !strange-bug-int.mw

Let us consider 

restart; J := int(cos(a*x)^2/(x^2-1), x = -infinity .. infinity, CPV);
-(1/4)*Pi*sin(2*a)*csgn(I*a)-(1/4)*Pi*sin(2*a)*csgn(I/a)

This result is not true for a=I:

eval(J, a = I);
                               0

In this case the integral under consideration diverges because of 

cos(I*x)^2;
                                
                            cosh(x) ^2

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I find it hard to believe when I enter the search term Maple 6 Maple 7 maple 8 etc.. old versions search prior to Maple 10 it only brings up a maximum of 4 pages.  I know there are more applications of old.  

Are all applications still there and the search just not bringing them up?

Let us consider 

maximize(int(exp(-x^4), x = k .. 3*k), location);

Error, (in maximize) invalid input: iscont expects its 1st argument, f, to be of type algebraic, but received x = k .. 3*k
whereas the expected output is 

[(2*((1/40)*GAMMA(1/4, (1/80)*ln(3))*5^(1/4)*ln(3)^(3/4)-(1/40)*GAMMA(1/4, (81/80)*ln(3))*5^(1/4)*ln(3)^(3/4)))*5^(3/4)*(1/ln(3))^(3/4), [k = (1/10)*10^(3/4)*ln(3)^(1/4)]]

as Mma 11 produces. The following 

RealDomain:-solve(diff(int(exp(-x^4), x = k .. 3*k), k));
  -(1/10)*5^(3/4)*ln(3)^(1/4), (1/10)*5^(3/4)*ln(3)^(1/4)

is not a workaround because of 

int(exp(-x^4), x = (1/10)*5^(3/4)*ln(3)^(1/4) .. (3/10)*5^(3/4)*ln(3)^(1/4));
  FAIL

Let us consider 

MultiSeries:-series(Psi((2*x+1)/(2*x))-Psi((x+1)/(2*x)), x = 0);

x-(1/2)*x^2+(1/4)*x^4-(1/2)*x^6 +O(x^7)

The above result contradicts 

MultiSeries:-limit(diff(Psi((2*x+1)/(2*x))-Psi((x+1)/(2*x)), x), x = 0);
                           undefined
MultiSeries:-limit((Psi((2*x+1)/(2*x))-Psi((x+1)/(2*x)))/x, x = 0, right);
                               1
MultiSeries:-limit((Psi((2*x+1)/(2*x))-Psi((x+1)/(2*x)))/x, x = 0, left);
                           undefined
plot((Psi((2*x+1)/(2*x))-Psi((x+1)/(2*x)))/x, x = -0.1e-1 .. 0.1e-2, discont, y = -5 .. 5);

Correct computatiton for

for reasonable expressions f(x,y), g(x,y) would be very useful in double integrals.

For the moment this is not possible. Too many bugs:

int(Heaviside(1-x^2-y^2), x=-infinity..infinity, y=-infinity..infinity); #should be Pi
                           undefined
int(Heaviside(1-x^2-y^2), x=-1..1, y=-1..1); #should be Pi
                               0
int(Heaviside(y-x^2), x=-1..1, y=-1..1); #should be 4/3
                               -2

int(Heaviside(y-x^2), y=-1..1, x=-1..1); #This one is OK!
                              4/3

restart; with(Statistics):
X := RandomVariable(Normal(0, 1)): Y := RandomVariable(Uniform(-2, 2)):
Probability(X*Y < 0);

crashes my comp in approximately 600 s. Mma produces 1/2 on my comp in 0.078125 s.

Let us consider

with(Statistics):
X1 := RandomVariable(Normal(0, 1)):
X2 := RandomVariable(Normal(0, 1)):
X3 := RandomVariable(Uniform(0, 1)): 
X4 := RandomVariable(Uniform(0, 1)):
Z := max(X1, X2, X3, X4); CDF(Z, t);

int((1/2)*(_t0*Heaviside(_t0-1)-_t0*Heaviside(_t0)-Heaviside(1-_t0)*Heaviside(-_t0)+Heaviside(-_t0)+Heaviside(1-_t0)-1)*(1+erf((1/2)*_t0*2^(1/2)))*(2^(1/2)*Heaviside(_t0-1)*exp(-(1/2)*_t0^2)*_t0-2^(1/2)*Heaviside(_t0)*exp(-(1/2)*_t0^2)*_t0-2^(1/2)*Heaviside(-_t0)*Heaviside(1-_t0)*exp(-(1/2)*_t0^2)-Pi^(1/2)*undefined*erf((1/2)*_t0*2^(1/2))*Dirac(_t0)-Pi^(1/2)*undefined*erf((1/2)*_t0*2^(1/2))*Dirac(_t0-1)+2^(1/2)*Heaviside(-_t0)*exp(-(1/2)*_t0^2)+2^(1/2)*Heaviside(1-_t0)*exp(-(1/2)*_t0^2)-Pi^(1/2)*undefined*Dirac(_t0)-Pi^(1/2)*undefined*Dirac(_t0-1)+Pi^(1/2)*Heaviside(_t0-1)*erf((1/2)*_t0*2^(1/2))-Pi^(1/2)*Heaviside(_t0)*erf((1/2)*_t0*2^(1/2))-exp(-(1/2)*_t0^2)*2^(1/2)+Pi^(1/2)*Heaviside(_t0-1)-Pi^(1/2)*Heaviside(_t0))/Pi^(1/2), _t0 = -infinity .. t)

whereas Mma 11 produces the correct piecewise expression (see that here screen15.11.16.docx).

Edit. Mma output.

Let us consider 

J := int(x^n/sqrt(1+x^n), x = 0 .. 1) assuming n > 0;

2*(2^(1/2)-hypergeom([1/2, 1/n], [(n+1)/n], -1))/(2+n)

limit(J,n=infinity);
FAIL
MultiSeries:-limit(J,n=infinity);
FAIL

Mma 11 finds the limit is zero. Hope one feels the difference.

Hi MaplePrimes,

This YouTube video has a nice puzzle. 

It is titled "Can you solve the locker riddle". 
My first blush was to consider modular arithmatic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18GjbnZXMw

Here is a maple page -
divisors_excercise.mw

divisors_excercise.pdf

Have a very fine rest of the day.

Regards,
Matt

limit((x^2-1)*sin(1/(x-1)), x = infinity, complex);
infinity-infinity*I
MultiSeries:-limit((x^2-1)*sin(1/(x-1)), x = infinity, complex);
infinity

whereas the same outputs are expected. The help http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=infinity&term=infinity does not shed light on the problem. Here are few pearls:

• infinity is used to denote a mathematical infinity, and hence it is usually used as a symbol by itself or as -infinity.
• The quantities infinity, -infinity, infinity*I, -infinity*I, infinity + y*I, -infinity + y*I, x + infinity*I and x - infinity*I, where x and y are finite, are all considered to be distinct in Maple. However, all 2-component complex numerics in which both components are infinity are considered to be the same (representing the single point at the "north pole" of the Riemann sphere).
• The type cx_infinity can be used to recognize this "north pole" infinity.