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Hunter

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Discontinuous integral

H(z)= -a for z>0, 1 for z <0, and 1/2 at z=0.

would this integral be written as:

If yes, then what is G(x) ? My book shows it's related to the error function but I cant figure it out. How would we represent the integral when H(z) is discontinuous at z=0 ?

P.S. 'a' is a real constant, nothing more.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Discontinuous integral

Hi Hunter;

A question: what happened to the value of H(z) = 1/2 at 0 in f(x) ?

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