کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
429577 687606 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hand-to-hand combat with thousand-digit integrals
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر نظریه محاسباتی و ریاضیات
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Hand-to-hand combat with thousand-digit integrals
چکیده انگلیسی

In this paper we describe numerical investigations of definite integrals that arise by considering the moments of multi-step uniform random walks in the plane, together with a closely related class of integrals involving the elliptic functions K, K′, E and E′. We find that in many cases such integrals can be “experimentally” evaluated in closed form or that intriguing linear relations exist within a class of similar integrals. Discovering these identities and relations often requires the evaluation of integrals to extreme precision, combined with large-scale runs of the “PSLQ” integer relation algorithm. This paper presents details of the techniques used in these calculations and mentions some of the many difficulties that can arise.

Research highlights
► In this study, we present an instance of a novel application of state-of-the-art computing: we have discovered some new mathematical results related to certain classes of definite integrals, by first calculating their numerical values to very high numerical precision (typically 1,000 decimal digits or more) and then applying what is known as the PSLQ integer relation algorithm to identify these numerical values in terms of relatively simple mathematical constants and functions.
► The integrals we have addressed derive from the study of random walks, which is a staple of elementary probability courses, and are not significantly more complicated than many studied by college students in freshman calculus courses.
► The techniques we employ have very broad applicability to other problems in pure mathematics and mathematical physics.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Computational Science - Volume 3, Issue 3, May 2012, Pages 77–86
نویسندگان
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