Inside Interesting Integrals A Collection of Sneaky Tricks, Sly Substitutions, and Numerous Other Stupendously Clever, Awesomely Wicked, and Devilishly Seductive Maneuvers for Computing Hundreds of Perplexing Definite Integrals From Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics (Plus Numerous Challenge Problems with Complete, Detailed Solutions)

What’s the point of calculating definite integrals since you can’t possibly do them all? What makes doing the specific integrals in this book of value aren’t the specific answers we’ll obtain, but rather the methods we’ll use in obtaining those answers; methods you can use for evaluating the integra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nahin, Paul J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:2nd ed. 2020
Series:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • From the Contents: Preface
  • Introduction
  • ‘Easy’ Integrals
  • Feynman’s Favorite Trick
  • Gamma and Beta Function Integrals
  • Using Power Series to Evaluate Integrals
  • Seven Not-So-Easy Integrals
  • Using √(-1) to Evaluate Integrals
  • Contour Integration
  • Epilogue
  • Solutions to the Challenge Problems