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this isn't a homework problem - it's an actual equation I've encountered in a project I'm doing. Anyway, thanks for the response. The answer from Wolfram is helpful - I was getting close to a solution, I think, and perhaps that will get me to it.

Thanks for the response. Sadly, it appears that I am still stuck. I've tried it many different ways, with and without your suggested (-x / -x) term, and keep getting infinitely recursive integration by parts. I am clearly missing something. Might I ask what you are using for "U" in each of...

Homework Statement Hello, have a stats question I am hoping you guys can help with. The expectation of a function g of a random variable X is: E[g(X)] = \int^{\infty}_{-\infty} g(x)fx(x)dx where fx is the pdf of X. For example, the particular expectation I am considering right now...