Sep 17, 2008 #1 W WillD1 New member May 21, 2008 28 0 1 There is a question in my math text that is asking me to take the integral of a function from 0 to infinity. I thought it had to be 0 to b, and you had to take the limit as b-->infinity to be able to do a computation like this.
There is a question in my math text that is asking me to take the integral of a function from 0 to infinity. I thought it had to be 0 to b, and you had to take the limit as b-->infinity to be able to do a computation like this.
Sep 17, 2008 #2 B Beggar_Chooser New member Sep 17, 2008 1 0 1 Yes, it can. Example: (integral from zero to infinity) e^-x=(-e^-x)(infinity)-(-e^-x)(zero)= =0-(-1)=1
Yes, it can. Example: (integral from zero to infinity) e^-x=(-e^-x)(infinity)-(-e^-x)(zero)= =0-(-1)=1
Sep 17, 2008 #3 T Tariq New member Jul 1, 2008 16 0 1 Yes definitely it can be infinity. Thats not a problem!