Finding the Product of Integrals

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Is there a formula for calculating the product of integrals, something like:

[itex]\left(\int_a^b f(x) dx\right) \times \left(\int_c^d g(y) dy\right)[/itex]

when there is no closed-form expression for F(x) and G(y).

Actually, the functions are almost identical,

[itex]f(x) = x^p e^{-x} \text{ and } g(y) = y^q e^{-y}[/itex]

where p, q are algebraic expressions.

[itex]F(x) = -\Gamma(x, p) \text{ and } G(x) = -\Gamma(y, q)[/itex]

and [itex]\Gamma(x, p)[/itex] is defined as another definite integral with an almost identical integrand.

Thus, is there a way to multiply definite integrals (without knowing the antiderivative) to form one (double?) integral?

Thanks
 
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If the limits are equal, yes. Then it is converted as follows:
[tex]\int^{a}_{b}f(x)dx \cdot \int^{a}_{b}g(y)dy = \int^{a}_{b}\int^{a}_{b}f(x)g(y)\,dy\,dx[/tex]
 
Millennial said:
If the limits are equal, yes. Then it is converted as follows:
[tex]\int^{a}_{b}f(x)dx \cdot \int^{a}_{b}g(y)dy = \int^{a}_{b}\int^{a}_{b}f(x)g(y)\,dy\,dx[/tex]

Is the new integral a double integral then?
 
Millennial said:
If the limits are equal, yes. Then it is converted as follows:
[tex]\int^{a}_{b}f(x)dx \cdot \int^{a}_{b}g(y)dy = \int^{a}_{b}\int^{a}_{b}f(x)g(y)\,dy\,dx[/tex]
There's no requirement that the limits match. As long as the variables and ranges involved are completely independent, you can always combine them into a double integral (in either order). Just make sure you keep track of which independent variable goes with which range.