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Huaihai Guo

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Oct 3, 2008, 8:03:02 PM10/3/08
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First of all, I have a complicated multi-variable integral. like:

f(x,y,z) = integral(x..., y..., z...)

This integral cannot be integral out to a simple expression. I can get a certain result through numerical integral quad(x, Xmin, Xmax) for giving certain values to y and z.

Now, I want to have get the partial derivative of f with respective to y or z. I tried diff(), and gradient(). Both of them can not give me a none integral function.

Is there another way to resolve this problem??

Thanks

Vincent Morio

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Oct 4, 2008, 7:25:05 PM10/4/08
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"Huaihai Guo" <hg...@njit.edu> wrote in message <gc6brm$1vc$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

Formal computations are performed under Matlab Symbolic toolbox by using a Maple kernel. Try to use directly Maple to perform your analytical computations.

Cheers,

V. Morio
PhD student in Automatic Control
IMS lab./University of Bordeaux, France

Huaihai Guo

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Oct 6, 2008, 12:07:01 PM10/6/08
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> Formal computations are performed under Matlab Symbolic toolbox by using a Maple kernel. Try to use directly Maple to perform your analytical computations.
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But, quad() is not a symbolic function. In Symbolic toolbox, the integral function is int(), which can not give me a result for my complicated multi-variables expression.

Anyway, thank you for your help.

Bruno Luong

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Oct 6, 2008, 12:30:22 PM10/6/08
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"Huaihai Guo" <hg...@njit.edu> wrote in message <gcdd35$eva$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

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> But, quad() is not a symbolic function. In Symbolic toolbox, the integral function is int(), which can not give me a result for my complicated multi-variables expression.
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Hint: Usually you can permute the integral and derivative (careful, this is always not true with function having strong singularity).

Bruno

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