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Re: A definite integral

From William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups comp.soft-sys.math.maple
Subject Re: A definite integral
Date 2023-02-08 06:53 +0000
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On 2023-02-07, Robert Gragg <robertfgragg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can Maple provide a result for the integral
> \int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2} e^{-i a cos\phi} \cos^2\phi d\phi
>  with a>0?
> Or maybe an asymptotic result for  a>>1?

Have you tried?

This is of course just 
2 int_1/sqrt(2)^1 e^{-iax} x^2/sqrt{1-x^2} dx

=2 -int _1/sqrt(2)^1 (e^-iax)(x-ia}sqrt(1-x^2}dx -e^{-ia}

or something like that. (x=cos(phi))

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A definite integral Robert Gragg <robertfgragg@gmail.com> - 2023-02-07 07:32 -0800
  Re: A definite integral William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2023-02-08 06:53 +0000
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