Centre de Physique Théorique

Agenda

Mercredi 28 novembre 2018

14h00 – 15h30, Amphi 5

"When random walkers help computing complex integrals".

Emmanuel Trizac (LPTMS, Orsay)

We will discuss the properties of a family of integrals involving the cardinal sine fuction, first studied by Borwein & Borwein. The aim is to provide a physicist’s perspective onto a curious change of behaviour occurring within this family, noticed when benchmarking computer algebra packages, and initially attributed to a bug. A number of non-trivial generalizations will be obtained.

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