Friday, 23 January 2015

calculus - Closed form solution for this integral?

I'm hitting a road block in finding an expression (closed form preferably) for the following integral:



+0xb(1xu)cexp(ax3)dx



where a,b are positive constants; b>1 is an odd multiple of 0.5, while c is a positive or negative odd multiple of 0.5; u is a (positive) parameter.



Things I have considered or tried:




  • look up in tables (Gradshsteyn and Ryzhik): there are very few explicit results for integrals involving exp(ax3) (or for the other factors after transforming via y=x3). Also, tabulated results involving exp(axp) for more general p do not include the other factors xb(1x/u)c. One exception is (3.478.3):
    u0xb(1ux)cexp(ax3)dx,


    but the limits of integration do not match with my case;


  • there is a closed form solution (3.478.1) for the simpler integral
    +0xd1exp(ax3)dx=ad/33Γ(d/3).


    (NB: there is also an expression for the indefinite integral.)
    A binomial expansion of [1(x/u)]n for integer n would produce a solution in series form. However, in my case, the exponents b and c are strictly half-integer. For the same reason, integration by parts does not lead to a simpler integral without the factor [1(x/u)]c;


  • Wolfram Math online did not produce a result;



  • the integral is an intermediate step in a longer analysis, so numerical solution (with given values for the parameter) is not practical.




Grateful for any pointers or solution.

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