Re: [ROOT] strnage integral values

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 14:32:42 MET


Hi Stanislav, Vincent, Martin,

When we introduced the new TF1 functions (thanks Gene Van Buren)
TF1::Moment and CentralMoment, the integral of the function must be evaluated
with the absolute value of the function.
I was supposed to introduce immediatly a flag in TF1::Integral to use
the normal function value or its absolute value. Unfortunately, I forgot
to do it. Apologies.

I have now introduced this flag in the CVS version.
The functions TF1::Integral and TF1::IntegralMultiple have been modified
to use the absolute value of the function when fgAbsValue is TRUE.
The functions TF1::Moment and TF1::CentralMoment set fgAbsValue to kTRUE.
By default fgAbsValue is kFALSE

Rene Brun

Stanislav Nesterov wrote:
> 
>    Hi,
>    You are right. An integral of the absolute value is calculated since
> ver. 1.68 of TF1.cxx (CVS rev.).  I don't know why the statistical
> functions required such thing.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --- TF1.cxx    14 Jul 2003 12:58:22 -0000    1.67
> +++ TF1.cxx    20 Aug 2003 07:00:47 -0000    1.68
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -// @(#)root/hist:$Name:  $:$Id: TF1.cxx,v 1.67 2003/07/14 12:58:22 brun
> Exp $
> +// @(#)root/hist:$Name:  $:$Id: TF1.cxx,v 1.68 2003/08/20 07:00:47 brun
> Exp $
>  // Author: Rene Brun   18/08/95
> 
>  /*************************************************************************
> @@ -1563,18 +1563,18 @@
>    for (i=0;i<4;i++) {
>       u     = c2*x[i];
>       xx[0] = c1+u;
> -     f1    = EvalPar(xx,params);
> +     f1    = TMath::Abs(EvalPar(xx,params));
>       xx[0] = c1-u;
> -     f2    = EvalPar(xx,params);
> +     f2    = TMath::Abs(EvalPar(xx,params));
>       s8   += w[i]*(f1 + f2);
>    }
>    s16 = 0;
>    for (i=4;i<12;i++) {
>       u     = c2*x[i];
>       xx[0] = c1+u;
> -     f1    = EvalPar(xx,params);
> +     f1    = TMath::Abs(EvalPar(xx,params));
>       xx[0] = c1-u;
> -     f2    = EvalPar(xx,params);
> +     f2    = TMath::Abs(EvalPar(xx,params));
>       s16  += w[i]*(f1 + f2);
>    }
>    s16 = c2*s16;
> @@ -1749,14 +1749,14 @@
>     sum3   = 0;
>     for (j=0;j<n;j++) {
>        z[j]    = ctr[j] - xl2*wth[j];
> -      f2      = EvalPar(z,fParams);
> +      f2      = TMath::Abs(EvalPar(z,fParams));
>        z[j]    = ctr[j] + xl2*wth[j];
> -      f2     += EvalPar(z,fParams);
> +      f2     += TMath::Abs(EvalPar(z,fParams));
>        wthl[j] = xl4*wth[j];
>        z[j]    = ctr[j] - wthl[j];
> -      f3      = EvalPar(z,fParams);
> +      f3      = TMath::Abs(EvalPar(z,fParams));
>        z[j]    = ctr[j] + wthl[j];
> -      f3     += EvalPar(z,fParams);
> +      f3     += TMath::Abs(EvalPar(z,fParams));
>        sum2   += f2;
>        sum3   += f3;
>        dif     = TMath::Abs(7*f2-f3-12*sum1);
> @@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@
>              for (m=0;m<2;m++) {
>                 wthl[k] = -wthl[k];
>                 z[k]    = ctr[k] + wthl[k];
> -               sum4 += EvalPar(z,fParams);
> +               sum4 += TMath::Abs(EvalPar(z,fParams));
>              }
>           }
>           z[k] = ctr[k];
> @@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@
>        z[j] = ctr[j] + wthl[j];
>     }
>  L90:
> -   sum5 += EvalPar(z,fParams);
> +   sum5 += TMath::Abs(EvalPar(z,fParams));
>     for (j=0;j<n;j++) {
>        wthl[j] = -wthl[j];
>        z[j] = ctr[j] + wthl[j];
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> As you can see function value everywhere is replaced by its absolute value.
> 
>                                         Best regards,
>                                                              Stanislav.
> 
> Vincent Roberfroid wrote:
> 
> >Yes it's correct !
> >This problem is present with root 3.10/00.
> >It doesn't exist with root 3.05.
> >
> >Vincent
> >
> >On Wednesday 10 December 2003 19:42, Martijn Schellekens wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Dear Rooters,
> >>
> >>I have this strange integral result:
> >> > TH1 func("func","-x",-50,50)
> >> >func.Integral(-1,1)
> >>
> >>result:
> >>      1
> >>Can someone explains this result to me???
> >>(seems to compute the integral of the absolute value: negatif values are
> >>not of this world after all???)
> >>
> >>Thanks a lot,
> >>Martijn Schellekens
> >>
> >>



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