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kprokopi
Aug3-04, 11:49 AM
I am trying to calculate (analytically) the integral:
\int_{0}^{\pi} \left [ \frac{ \sin( \frac{k_0 W \cos \theta}{2})}{\cos \theta} \right]^2 J_{0}(k_0 L \sin \theta ) \sin^3 (\theta ) d \theta
where k_0, W, L are constants and J_0 is the Bessel function of the first kind of order zero.

Hint: Maybe we can use sine integrals Si(x)=\int_{0}^{x} \frac{\sin(\tau)}{\tau} d \tau .

Thanks in advance,
kprokopi

arildno
Aug3-04, 12:15 PM
Eeh, you don't happen to be a masochist or something (:wink:)??

Use Mathematica and see what it spits out.

KnowledgeIsPower
Aug3-04, 12:20 PM
That looks tricky.
Can't you cheat and use the trapezium rule with a large number of intervals? -_-;;

Gza
Aug5-04, 04:46 AM
Use Mathematica and see what it spits out.

Just try typing that monster into mathematica :rofl: