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

The document provides formulas for integrals involving Gaussian and exponential functions. It also discusses properties of even and odd functions and how that relates to integrals between negative and positive infinity. Key formulas include: - The integral of e-ax2 from 0 to infinity equals √π/(2a). - The integral of x2e-ax2 from 0 to infinity equals 4a/√π. - If a function f(x) is even, the integral from -infinity to infinity equals 2 times the integral from 0 to infinity. If a function is odd, the integral from -infinity to infinity equals zero.

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

The document provides formulas for integrals involving Gaussian and exponential functions. It also discusses properties of even and odd functions and how that relates to integrals between negative and positive infinity. Key formulas include: - The integral of e-ax2 from 0 to infinity equals √π/(2a). - The integral of x2e-ax2 from 0 to infinity equals 4a/√π. - If a function f(x) is even, the integral from -infinity to infinity equals 2 times the integral from 0 to infinity. If a function is odd, the integral from -infinity to infinity equals zero.

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Some Handy Integrals

Gaussian Functions
1
0 eax2 dx = 2 a
1
0 x2 eax2 dx = 4a a
3
0 x4 eax2 dx = 8a2 a
135(2n1)
0 x2n eax2 dx =
a
2n+1an

1
dx = 2a

0 x eax

1
2a2
1
0 x5 eax2 dx = a3
n! 1
0 x2n+1 eax2 dx = 2 an+1

0 x3 eax

dx =

Exponential Functions
n!

0 xn eax dx = n+1
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

odd*even = odd

Consider the integral of f(x) = eax , Figure 1a. The function is even so that - = 20 . 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.
2

Colby College

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