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gatlas11-Garnet
11-Garnet
Jan 30, 2026 9:48 PM UTC
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Possible Mathcad error

Team,

 

Please see this file. I believe Mathcad gives the wrong answer for the indefinite integral of ((-1)^x)dx.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

Regards,

Glen

gatlasAnswer
11-Garnet
Feb 2, 2026 5:15 PM UTC
No. I have not.

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LucMeekes23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
Jan 30, 2026 11:03 PM UTC

I guess you're right:

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What version of Prime are you using?

 

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Luc

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gatlas11-GarnetAuthor
11-Garnet
Jan 30, 2026 11:12 PM UTC
Luc,

I'm using Mathcad Prime 11.

Regards,
Glen

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Jan 31, 2026 1:59 AM UTC

Yes, I would call it a bug in the symbolic engine and its already present in Prime 9 (can't test P8 or P7 as I don't have those versions installed).

Modifiers 'rectangular' or 'complex' don't help and also not writing it as a definite integral

Werner_E_0-1769824558594.png

and also

Werner_E_0-1769825145279.png

 

As Luc has shown it works OK in MC11 (with Maple as symbolic engine).

It also works OK in MC15 (with muPad as symbolic engine)

Werner_E_1-1769825236551.png

(The definite integral differs just by a constant i/pi which is OK)

 

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DJNewman19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
Feb 2, 2026 5:09 PM UTC

Have you opened a case with PTC Support?

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gatlas11-GarnetAuthorAnswer
11-Garnet
Feb 2, 2026 5:15 PM UTC
No. I have not.

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