Elliptic Integrals
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Description
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Elliptic integrals are integrals of the form
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with R a rational function and y a polynomial of degree 3 or 4. This is the algebraic form of an elliptic integral. There are also trig forms (rational functions of sin and cos and a square root of a quadratic polynomial in sin and cos) and hyperbolic trig forms.
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Elliptic integrals are reduced to their Legendre normal form in terms of elementary functions and the Elliptic functions EllipticF, EllipticE, and EllipticPi (or their complete versions).
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Examples
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Elementary answer
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Symbolic parameters
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Answer as sum of roots
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Can evaluate to floating point:
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Trig form
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Indefinite trig form
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Check answer:
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References
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Labahn, G., and Mutrie, M. "Reduction of Elliptic Integrals to Legendre Normal Form." University of Waterloo Tech Report 97-21, Department of Computer Science, 1997.
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