Alfred_F

Mr. Alfred Flaßhaar

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1 years, 217 days
Brandenburg, Germany
As a retired individual with degrees from German universities in mathematics/analysis and structural engineering, I spent my professional life in responsible positions in research, teaching, and practical application, working on the mathematical modeling of states and processes in real-world systems. Now I have the time to explore interesting mathematical problems using Maple. It is my professional curiosity that drives me.

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In the attached file, I would like to evaluate the integral according to (16) and the minimum according to (17). I would appreciate your help. The goal is to calculate the coefficients a and b.

Euler_eq.mw

In the attached file test1, two terms are to be compared using the "is" function. Theoretically, these terms are equal. A plot is provided for illustration. However, regardless of which symbol ("equal," "not equal," etc.) is used in "is," the result is always "false." What am I doing wrong?

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simplify(exp(u)/(1+exp(u))^2)

exp(u)/(1+exp(u))^2

(1)

is(exp(u)/(1+exp(u))^2 = 1/(4*cosh((1/2)*u)^2))

false

(2)

plot([exp(u)/(1+exp(u))^2, 1/(4*cosh((1/2)*u)^2)], u)

 

NULL

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According to the help text in Maple 2024.2, a number of classical integral equations can be solved using "intsolve". The Volterra equation of the first kind, with an upper limit of integration x, is of particular interest. A long time ago, I had to solve a similar equation. This one arose from a model of a real-world process, but instead of x, the upper limit of integration was the function y(x), which I had to calculate. I painstakingly solved it to a good approximation. Is there an algorithm in Maple that can at least calculate an approximate solution, or is a numerical solution, e.g., using Ritz, the only option?

edited: I forgot to upload an example

 test.mw

On my journey of discovery through the Maple world, I now want to try out Maple's convenient features in the complex plane, something that used to be laboriously worked out and demonstrated on the blackboard with chalk. I couldn't find a suitable introduction in the help text. I'm interested in whether a package needs to be loaded and how to handle polynomials, series, and line integrals (I have a reasonable understanding only of the theory).

In the attached file, I want to calculate the integral Q1. Numerically, this is easy to do in Maple. For theoretical reasons, the exact result pi/e is known. However, a contradiction arises between command lines (4) and (5). Command (6) is also unsuccessful, as its exact result is unknown. What am I doing wrong?

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Q1 := int(sin(Pi*x)/(x^x*(1-x)^(1-x)), x = 0 .. 1)

int(sin(Pi*x)/(x^x*(1-x)^(1-x)), x = 0 .. 1)

(1)

evalf[100](Q1)

1.155727349790921717910093183312696299120851023164415820499706535327288631840916939440188434235673559

(2)

evalf[100](Pi/exp(1))

1.155727349790921717910093183312696299120851023164415820499706535327288631840916939440188434235673559

(3)

is(Q1 = Pi/exp(1))

false

(4)

identify(evalf[100](Q1))

Pi*exp(-1)

(5)

identify(.2340257795502385151002175791580229871350403567739388325733228478980460706709848394726222465477567339)

.2340257795502385151002175791580229871350403567739388325733228478980460706709848394726222465477567339

(6)

NULL

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