Triple integration over portion of Sphere

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Homework Statement


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Homework Equations


spherical Jacobean

The Attempt at a Solution


I have (sorry, have to capture my work, too hard to type)
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then the integration of p3 ep2 = 1/2 ep2 (p2-3/2) ??
 
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The answer I got using cylindrical was eπ/8,
but here, using the spherical, I got π(e+3)/64
 
nysnacc said:

Homework Statement


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Homework Equations


spherical Jacobean

The Attempt at a Solution


I have (sorry, have to capture my work, too hard to type)
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Your material is NOT too hard to type; you just need to learn how to use LaTeX. That does take some effort, though.
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then the integration of p3 ep2 = 1/2 ep2 (p2-3/2) ??

No. You can check that for yourself, by showing that the derivative is not ##r^3 \exp(r^2)##.

Do integration by parts.

BTW: I get ##\pi/8## using spherical coordinates.
 
π/8 not πe/8 ?
 
nysnacc said:
π/8 not πe/8 ?

I wrote exactly what I meant.

If you had a different upper bound of ##r = a## instead of ##r = 1## you would, indeed, get an exponential in the answer.