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elliptic_ec

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

elliptic_ec (m)

Description

The complete elliptic integral of the second kind, defined as

integrate(sqrt(1 - m*sin(x)^2), x, 0, %pi/2)

For certain values of m, the value of the integral is known in terms of Gamma functions. Use makegamma to evaluate them.

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