Difference between revisions of "Review of Reparametrizing" - Rhea

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-=A Review on Reparametrizing=
-Over the past years in math, I've seen many different methods for reparametrizing variables as a way to make a complex integral easier to deal with. Essentially we just take a function of some value and differentiate it with respect to a different variable, creating newer, simpler functions. One application of this includes u-substitution, where we let an arbitrary variable (in this case "u") represent a portion of our integral. For example, let's take this integral:
-<center><math> \int {(sin{(x)})*(cos{(x)})} dx</math></center>
-To solve this, we would simply let our new variable "u" equal <math>sin{(x)}</math> and differentiate both sides, resulting in an equation with <math> du = cos{(x)} dx </math>. We can then proceed to use this as a substitution for dx, changing our integral to <math> \int {sin{(u)} du}</math>
-, and we even see parametrization appear in surface integrals.
-Feynman's Technique to integration utilizes parametrization and a combination with other different mathematical properties in order to integrate an integral that is can't be integrated through normal processes like u-substitution or integration by parts. It primarily focuses on setting a function equal to an integral, and then differentiating the function to get an integral that is easier to work with. A simple example would be:
-(1/2)*xe^(x^2) instead of just e^(x^2).
-[[ Walther MA271 Fall2020 topic14 | Back to Feynman Integrals]]

Latest revision as of 19:34, 30 November 2020