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Re: How to use NIntegrate to integrate a purely numeric vector function?

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Clear[f]
f[a_?NumericQ] := {a, a*a}
Table[
  Quiet@NIntegrate[f[a][[i]], {a, 2, 3}], {i, 2}]

{2.5, 6.33333}

or

Clear[a]
f = {a, a*a} ;
NIntegrate[f, {a, 2, 3}]

{2.5, 6.33333}

Bobby

On Sat, 07 May 2011 06:33:31 -0500, andre hollstein  
<andre.hollstein@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mathgroup, I hope you can help me.
> I want to use NIntegrate to integrate a purely numeric vector
> function. I simplified this problem to an easy example code. In my
> application the function f involves some matrix products with an
> InterpolatedFunction object (which is a vector)...
>
> So this is my problem:
>
> Clear[f]
> f[a_?NumberQ] := {a, a*a} (*f is returning a list*)
> NIntegrate[f[a], {a, 2, 3}]
>
> During evaluation of (Local) In[2569]:= NIntegrate::inum: Integrand
> f[a] is not numerical at {a} = {2.00796}. >>
> During evaluation of (Local) In[2569]:= NIntegrate::inum: Integrand
> f[a] is not numerical at {a} = {2.00796}. >>
> Out[2571]= NIntegrate[f[a], {a, 2, 3}]
>
> When f returns a scalar it it working just fine:
>
> Clear[f]
> f[a_?NumberQ] := a (*f is returning a scalar*)
> NIntegrate[f[a], {a, 2, 3}]
> Out[2577]= 2.5
>
> There is hopefully a way to solve this issue...
>
> Thanks, Andr=E9
>


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