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Compute the following integral?

Posted 7 years ago

I let Mathematica run overnight the following code

Integrate[(r^2 Cos[A r Cos[x]] Exp[-r^2/2])/(a^2 Cos[x]^2 + 
    b^2 Sin[x]^2), {r, 0, Infinity}, {x, 0, Pi/2}]

but it was unable to compute the closed form in that time. However, Mathematica also didn’t “give up”. Do you think Mathematica can do it?

POSTED BY: Jose richard
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POSTED BY: Dent de Lion
POSTED BY: Joshua Champion

I suspect that the Cos inside a Cos makes it impossible. It looks like an integral in polar coordinates. Might be easier in Cartesian coordinates.

POSTED BY: Frank Kampas
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