zorro Messages 1,378 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Mar 15, 2011 #1 Can somebody give me an example of a definite integral satisfying this property? :
Mark44 Mentor Insights Author Messages 38,152 Reaction score 10,759 Mar 15, 2011 #2 [tex]\int_1^2 x~dx = 3/2[/tex] Let c1 = -1, and c2 = -2 Compare the first integral with [tex]\int_1^{-1} x~dx + \int_{-1}^{-2} x~dx + \int_{-2}^{2} x~dx[/tex] What do you get?
[tex]\int_1^2 x~dx = 3/2[/tex] Let c1 = -1, and c2 = -2 Compare the first integral with [tex]\int_1^{-1} x~dx + \int_{-1}^{-2} x~dx + \int_{-2}^{2} x~dx[/tex] What do you get?
HallsofIvy Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 42,895 Reaction score 983 Mar 16, 2011 #3 That's true for any integral as long as the integrand is integrable over all those intervals!