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Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result.

From "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
Newsgroups comp.soft-sys.math.maple
Subject Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result.
Date 2015-05-07 01:50 -0500
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On 5/6/2015 6:09 PM, RGVickson@shaw.ca wrote:

> So, after switching to the *classic* worksheet and after
>clearing out old memory, it gives me what I claimed before.
>
> Note: if we call that last expression F(x), we can verify that,
>indeed, dF(x)/dx = f(x), as it should. Thus, f does have an elementary antiderivative.
>
> RGV
>

Well, if it makes you feel any better, Mathematica gives the answer with
the ellitpic functions in it:

Integrate[(x^2 + 1)/((x^2 - 1)*Sqrt[1 + x^4]), x]
-(-1)^(1/4) (EllipticF[I ArcSinh[(-1)^(1/4) x], -1] -
    2 EllipticPi[I, ArcSin[(-1)^(3/4) x], -1])

However, Rubi 4.7 gives the much simpler answer:

Int[(x^2 + 1)/((x^2 - 1)*Sqrt[1 + x^4]), x]
-(ArcTanh[(Sqrt[2] x)/Sqrt[1 + x^4]]/Sqrt[2])

It is strange that your Maple gives different answer depending
on which interface is being used. ps. There is no classical interface
any more in Maple 2015. Only worksheet mode and document mode.

--Nasser





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Elementary vs non-elementary result. RGVickson@shaw.ca - 2015-05-06 09:52 -0700
  Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2015-05-06 15:41 -0500
    Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. RGVickson@shaw.ca - 2015-05-06 16:09 -0700
      Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2015-05-07 01:50 -0500
        Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. acer <maple@rogers.com> - 2015-05-08 10:28 -0700
          Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> - 2015-05-09 07:44 -0600
            Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. acer <maple@rogers.com> - 2015-05-11 20:16 -0700
  Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. acer <maple@rogers.com> - 2015-05-08 09:59 -0700
    Re: Elementary vs non-elementary result. RGVickson@shaw.ca - 2015-05-08 15:03 -0700

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