Re: [Maxima-discuss] Nesting an integral inside a limit

[James H. <j64...@gm...>]

Actually, I'm not sure if Maxima has a different function for the
negapolygamma (of order -2 in my case), so I just assumed I could use the
balanced polygamma function bfpsi in Maxima.


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Raymond Toy <toy...@gm...> wrote:

> >>>>> "James" == James Hozier <j64...@gm...> writes:
>
>     James> I am trying to do: limit(1 / n^2 * integrate(bfpsi(-2,x+1,16) *
> (sin((2n - 1)*x) / sin(x))^3, x, 0,
>     James> %pi / 2), n, inf);
>
>
>     James> But I get a bunch of syntax errors, presumably because I'm
> trying to put an integral inside a
>     James> limit. For ease of visibility, here in LaTeX typeset is what
> the problem should appear as:
>     James> http://i.imgur.com/vjzIp5f.gif
>
> Several things are wrong here. 2n should be written 2*n. And based on
> the image, I think bfpsi(-2,x+1,16) is not what you want. I think the
> image says 1/psi(x+1)^2.
>
> In any case, I suspect maxima can't do the limit because maxima can't
> figure out what the integral looks like.
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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