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2answers
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How to solve this integral

Wolfram integrator is unable to solve this: $$ \int_0^\pi \frac{1}{\sqrt {(a-\cos(t))^2+(b-\sin(t))^2+c^2}}\,\mathrm dt $$ Any suggestions? Thanks!
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0answers
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Calculating the integral $\int_{0}^{\pi /6}\sqrt{1-\left(\frac{R_s\sin \theta }{C_L}\right)^2} d\theta$

I want to integrate $I=\int\limits_{0}^{\pi /6}{\sqrt{1-{{\left( \frac{{{R}_{s}}\sin \theta }{{{C}_{L}}} \right)}^{2}}}d \theta}$. I get incomplete elliptic integral $E(z\mid m)$ in the calculation by ...
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2answers
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The integral relation between Perimeter of ellipse and Quarter of Perimeter

Ellipse Equation $$\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1$$ $x=a\cos t$ ,$y=b\sin t$ $$L(\alpha)=\int_0^{\alpha}\sqrt{\left(\frac{dx}{dt}\right)^2+\left(\frac{dy}{dt}\right)^2}\,dt$$ ...
4
votes
1answer
160 views

Hypergeometric functions & integral

I'm having difficulty re-deriving a result a calculation from a paper. The integral is $$\int_0^{2\pi} \int_0^{2\pi} ...
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2answers
229 views

Evaluating the elliptic integral $\int_{-\pi}^\pi\frac{dx}{\sqrt{(t-2\cos x)^2-4}}$

I have the following integral, $$I(t)=\int_{-\pi}^\pi\frac{dx}{\sqrt{(t-2\cos x)^2-4}},$$ where $t>4$ is a real parameter. I know from messing around numerically and playing with Mathematica that ...