> integrate(integrate(1/16,y,-2,(z+2*x+4)/(x+2)),x,(-z-8)/4,2) Seems to work for me:
---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sage Version 4.6.1, Release Date: 2011-01-11 | | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sage: var("x y z") (x, y, z) sage: integrate(integrate(1/16,y,-2,(z+2*x+4)/(x+2)),x,(-z-8)/4,2) [...] TypeError: Computation failed since Maxima requested additional constraints (try the command 'assume(z+16>0)' before integral or limit evaluation, for example): Is z+16 positive, negative, or zero? sage: assume(z+16>0) sage: integrate(integrate(1/16,y,-2,(z+2*x+4)/(x+2)),x,(-z-8)/4,2) [...] TypeError: Computation failed since Maxima requested additional constraints (try the command 'assume(z>0)' before integral or limit evaluation, for example): Is z positive, negative, or zero? sage: assume(z<0) sage: integrate(integrate(1/16,y,-2,(z+2*x+4)/(x+2)),x,(-z-8)/4,2) -1/16*z*log(-1/4*z) + 1/16*z*log(4) + 1/16*z + 1 What version of Sage are you running? (Note that 4.6.2 has just been released.) Doug -- Department of Earth Sciences University of Hong Kong -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org