6.28 an easy integral. not for maple 6. (31.10.00)

6.28.1 Don Hartig
6.28.2 HARALD PLEYM (2.11.00)
6.28.3 TANGUY Christian (6.11.00)

6.28.1 Don Hartig

The following calculation was made in Maple 5.1 (courtesy of George Luna):

> restart: 
> Int(Int(sqrt(x^3+1),x=sqrt(y)..1),y=0..1); 
 
                     1    1 
                    /    / 
                   |    |              3 
                   |    |        sqrt(x  + 1) dx dy 
                   |    | 
                  /    / 
                    0    sqrt(y) 
 
> evalf(%); 
 
                             .4063171388 
Try it in Maple 6.
 

It is corrected with Maple 7. (U. Klein)

6.28.2 HARALD PLEYM (2.11.00)

Here is what I get:

>A:=Int(Int(sqrt(x^3+1),x=sqrt(y)..1),y=0..1); 
> evalf(A); 
Error, (in depends) too many levels of recursion
 

But if you try

A:=Int(Int(sqrt(x^3+1),x=sqrt(y)..1),y=0..1); 
in R5 you get some of the same error 
 
evalf(%); 
Error, (in LinearProp) too many levels of recursion
 

6.28.3 TANGUY Christian (6.11.00)

Funny indeed, all the more so when you try int(int(...)) instead of Int(Int(...)). The first integration is performed, but an evalf(%) then freezes Maple 6 on my Pentium II. 2/9*(sqrt(8)-1) might be reached after SOME time..