On Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Yan (Daniel) Zhao wrote:
Suppose I have a function f(x) (say, f(x)=exp(sin(x)), how do I find the
number y such that the integral of f(x) on the interval of (-infinity, y) is
equal to a specified number, say, .8?
Thanks,
Yan
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