Unless 24.9... = -24.9..., there seems to be a bug:

sage: f = sqrt(25-x)*sqrt(1+1/(4*(25-x)))
sage: f.integral(x,9,16)
integrate(sqrt(1/(4*(25 - x)) + 1)*sqrt(25 - x), x, 9, 16)
sage: f.nintegral(x,9,16)
(24.9153783348643, 2.7661626694613149e-13, 21, 0)
sage: g = f.simplify_radical()
sage: g.integral(x,9,16)
I*(65*sqrt(65)*I/6 - 37*sqrt(37)*I/6)/2
sage: ans = g.integral(x,9,16)
sage: ans.real()
(37*sqrt(37)/6 - 65*sqrt(65)/6)/2
sage: RR(ans.real())
-24.9153783348643


On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can someone explain why sage (or perhaps maxima, I don't know) manages
> to evaluate the indefinite integral below, but fails to give a numeric
> answer to the definite integral? Seems odd to me. (version 3.02
> running on Mac OS X)
>
> sage: var('x')
> x
> sage: integral(sqrt(25-x)*sqrt(1+1/(4*(25-x))),x)
> sqrt(4*x - 101)*(4*I*x - 101*I)/12
> sage: integral(sqrt(25-x)*sqrt(1+1/(4*(25-x))),x,9,16)
> integrate(sqrt(1/(4*(25 - x)) + 1)*sqrt(25 - x), x, 9, 16)
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
> >
>

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