Heklp with an integral involving the exp function

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The discussion centers on the integration of the functions \\( \int \frac{e^{y}}{y^{2}} dy \\) and \\( \int \frac{e^{y}}{y^{3}} dy \\) from 0 to t, where t is finite. Participants concluded that both integrals diverge at 0, confirming that they are not convergent. The indefinite integral of \\( \frac{e^{y}}{y} \\) is identified as the "exponential integral" function, which can be utilized to express the two integrals through integration by parts.

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Hi everyone

I've been dealing with a rather difficult (at least for me) integration problem which I am not able to find in integration tables I've been consulting.
After a variable transformation I ended up with the following sets of integrals:

[tex]\\int[/tex] e[tex]^{y}[/tex]/y[tex]^{2}[/tex]dy from 0 to t (t is not infinity) and

[tex]\\int[/tex] e[tex]^{y}[/tex]/y[tex]^{3}[/tex]dy also from 0 to t and

(sorry I could not get the integral symbol to work, so I used int instead)

thanks
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Neither of those looks convergent (at 0) to me.
 
As Halls said, they diverge at 0. The indefinite integral of exp(y)/y is a non-elementary function known as the "exponential integral" function. Your two integrals may be expressed in terms of the exponential integral function using integration by parts.
 

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