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The Evaluation of a Quartic Integral via Schwinger, Schur and Bessel

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2010-09-14 v1

Abstract

We provide additional methods for the evaluation of the integral \begin{eqnarray} N_{0,4}(a;m) & := & \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{dx} {\left( x^{4} + 2ax^{2} + 1 \right)^{m+1}} \end{eqnarray} where mNm \in {\mathbb{N}} and a(1,)a \in (-1, \infty) in the form \begin{eqnarray} N_{0,4}(a;m) & = & \frac{\pi}{2^{m+3/2} (a+1)^{m+1/2} } P_{m}(a) \end{eqnarray} where Pm(a)P_{m}(a) is a polynomial in aa. The first one is based on a method of Schwinger to evaluate integrals appearing in Feynman diagrams, the second one is a byproduct of an expression for a rational integral in terms of Schur functions. Finally, the third proof, is obtained from an integral representation involving modified Bessel functions.

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@article{arxiv.1009.2399,
  title  = {The Evaluation of a Quartic Integral via Schwinger, Schur and Bessel},
  author = {Tewodros Amdeberhan and Victor H. Moll and And Christophe Vignat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.2399},
  year   = {2010}
}