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Design

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Nov 2, 2010

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Homework Statement

e^-x/(x-1)

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I tried integration by parts and it just seems to go on endlessly and Wolfram gives some Ei function which I have no idea what it is.

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Nov 2, 2010

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You might want to read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_integral That indefinite integral can't be expressed in terms of elementary functions.

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