Integration by parts does not seem to work. I was wondering if this integral could be solved using a specific contour and applying for example Jordan's lemma?
How to solve $\int\limits_0^p e^{x^2} dx$?
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0This is the imaginary error function. – 2012-03-21
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4"Find" or "evaluate" is the right word here; "solve" is not. One solves equations; one solves problems. One evaluates expressions. In this case, one seeks a _value_, not a _solution_. – 2012-03-21
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0I think [this](http://memegenerator.net/instance/16722124) is what @MichaelHardy is trying to say... – 2012-03-21
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1Hmm I remember you have to square this integral and use spherical coordinates. – 2012-03-21
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0One can solve the problem of evaluating the integral, though :) – 2012-03-21
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0@MichaelHardy, I was just replicating the wording used across the board, and actually the title was even edited and is no longer my own. – 2012-03-21
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0One can solve the problem of evaluating the integral. But one _solves_ a _problem_ and _evaluates_ and integral. As for "across the board": yes it's true; this is a frequent misuse of terminology among the naive, and the naive are numerous. – 2012-03-21
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0Now your comment makes sense, I just reread myself for the first time, my double mistake. ;-) – 2012-03-22