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Some Handy Integrals: - Ax - Ax - Ax - Ax - Ax - Ax

This document provides information about evaluating integrals involving Gaussian and exponential functions: 1) Common integrals of Gaussian functions e-ax^2 from 0 to infinity are given in closed form involving the π and a constants. 2) Integrals of exponential functions x^n e-ax from 0 to infinity are given involving n!, a, and constants. 3) The integral of an even function from -infinity to infinity is twice the integral from 0 to infinity. The integral of an odd function from -infinity to infinity is equal to zero. Graphs illustrate how even and odd functions integrate over the full real line. 4) Rules are provided for determining if a function is even or odd based on

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Some Handy Integrals: - Ax - Ax - Ax - Ax - Ax - Ax

This document provides information about evaluating integrals involving Gaussian and exponential functions: 1) Common integrals of Gaussian functions e-ax^2 from 0 to infinity are given in closed form involving the π and a constants. 2) Integrals of exponential functions x^n e-ax from 0 to infinity are given involving n!, a, and constants. 3) The integral of an even function from -infinity to infinity is twice the integral from 0 to infinity. The integral of an odd function from -infinity to infinity is equal to zero. Graphs illustrate how even and odd functions integrate over the full real line. 4) Rules are provided for determining if a function is even or odd based on

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Some Handy Integrals

Gaussian Functions
1
ax2 dx =
0 e
2 a
1
2 ax2
dx = 4a a
0 x e
3
4 ax2
dx = 8a2 a
0 x e
135(2n1)
2n ax2
dx =
0 x e
2n+1an
a

1
2
x eax dx = 2a
1
2a2
1
2
x5 eax dx = 3
a
n! 1
2
x2n+1 eax dx = 2 an+1
x3 eax dx =
2

Exponential Functions
n!
n ax
dx = n+1
0 x e
a
Integrals from - to : Even and Odd Functions
The integral of any even function taken between the limits - to is twice the integral from 0 to
. The integral of any odd function between - and is equal to zero, see Figure 1.
even

y
odd

0
x

integrals cancel

integrals add
2

(a). f(x) = eax

(b). [g(x) f(x)] = x eax

even

odd*even

Figure 1. Even and odd integrals.


To determine if a function is even, check to see if f(x) = f(-x). For an odd function, f(x) = f(-x).
Some functions are neither odd nor even. For example, f(x) = x is odd, f(x) = x2 is even, and
f(x) = x + x2 is neither odd nor even. The following multiplication rules hold:
even*even = even

odd*odd =even
2

odd*even = odd

Consider the integral of f(x) = eax , Figure 1a. The function is even so that - = 2 0 . Next
2
consider g(x) = x, which is odd, giving [g(x) f(x)] = x eax as overall odd (Figure 1b). The
integral is zero for the product function.

Colby College

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