[CHM 331] Lineshape Problem in Steiner

[Andrew J. Pounds]

I have gotten one question related to this -- so I thought I would go 
ahead and send out an e-mail about it.  When you try to solve the 
lineshape problem in Steiner (prob 38 on page 188) using Mathematica it 
will most likely fail.  This is because Mathematica needs to know a 
little more about the variables in your problem.  Specifically we need 
to tell Mathematica that omega is an element of the reals and that T is 
greater than zero.

After you type in the integral in Mathmatica, add the following to the 
integration command

Assumptions -> { <ESC>omega<ESC>0 <ESC> elem <ESC> Reals, T > 0}]


<ESC> means hit the escape key.

You should get something much more meaningful...

-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627