Calculate the double integral : int int xye^((x^2)(y))

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Homework Statement



Calculate the double integral

int int xye^((x^2)(y)) , 0<= x <= 1 , 0<= y <= 2

Homework Equations



Integral by parts

uv - int vdu

The Attempt at a Solution



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The answer in the back of the book is (1/2)((e^2) -3) , but I get (1/2)((e^2) -1) .

I think I made a positive/negative sign error, but I can't find it. I've had similar encounters where I would get close to the answer for questions involving integration by parts. I might of made a consistent error in one of my lines for each other question involving integration by parts, but I don't know where.

Homework Statement


Homework Equations


The Attempt at a Solution

 
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Your error is in the first step
 
You have a ##dx## on the first line. That means you integrate with respect to x and hold y constant.

##\int\limits_{0}^1 xye^{x^2y} \ dx = y\int\limits_{0}^1 xe^{x^2y}\ dx##

Does this make it clearer?
 
Karnage1993 said:
You have a ##dx## on the first line. That means you integrate with respect to x and hold y constant.

##\int\limits_{0}^1 xye^{x^2y} \ dx = y\int\limits_{0}^1 xe^{x^2y}\ dx##

Does this make it clearer?
Not really, I already knew that I should think of y as a constant when integrating with respect to x, but I rarely ever factor it out and just imagine that y is a number, an integrate the function.

But I think I know where I made my mistake:
The derivative of e^((x^2)(y)) = (2xy)(e^((x^2)(y))) , and I forgot to take out the y in my answer.

Thanks!
 
That is, by the way, the hard way to do this problem. Change the order of integration:
[tex]\int_{y=0}^2\int_{x=0}^1 xye^{x^2y}dx dy[/tex]
Let [itex]u=x^2y[/itex] so that [itex]du= 2xydy[/itex] and so [itex](1/2)du= xydy[/itex]. That simplifies the problem a lot!