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Length of an arc : arcLen

arcLen takes four arguments : an expression ex (resp a list of two expressions [ex1, ex2]), the name of a parameter and two values a and b of this parameter.
arcLen computes the length of the curve define by the equation y = f (x) = ex (resp by x = ex1, y = ex2) when the parameter values varies from a to b, using the formula arcLen(f(x),x,a,b)=
integrate(sqrt(diff(f(x),x)^2+1),x,a,b)
or
integrate(sqrt(diff(x(t),t)^2+diff(y(t),t)^2),t,a,b).

Examples


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