# Is this analytically solvable?

1. Feb 25, 2017

### Freya

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
I'm trying to solve integrals of the form:
$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{k}{k-1} e^{itk^2}e^{ikx}e^{\frac{-(k-k_0)^2}{\alpha^2}} dk \\ \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k-1} e^{itk^2}e^{ikx}e^{\frac{-(k-k_0)^2}{\alpha^2}} dk$

A bit of background:
I'm trying to set up a Mathematica notebook to show a wave packet going through a delta function and these integrals come from the transmission and reflection coefficients and i'm told i need to compute the integrals and plot then use "Animate" to display the propagation.
2. Relevant equations

3. The attempt at a solution
I have tried using Mathematica but get an error saying the integral doesn't converge on the interval so I thought I'd try doing this analytically. I am told it should be possible but I'm not really sure how.
I solve ones similar to this relatively easily but the fraction at the beginning is causing many issues.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2. Mar 2, 2017

### PF_Help_Bot

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3. Mar 4, 2017

### haruspex

Seems to me the second integral can be rewritten as $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac 1ke^{Q(k)}.dk$, where Q is a quadratic function with complex coefficients.
The integral from 0 to K does not converge, but arguably you can cancel the infinities near 0+ with those near 0-.
$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac 1k(e^{Q(k)}-e^{Q(-k)}).dk=\int_0^{\infty}\frac 1ke^{ak^2+c}(e^{bk}-e^{-bk}).dk$
Since sinc(x)=sin(x)/x is much better behaved, that might work.