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functions - Derivative before Numerical Integration


I need to take the derivative of a function that have a numerical integration on it. The variable in which the integration will be taken is not the same as the one in which the derivative will be taken, so I can take the derivative before integrating the expression. I have tried the following:


nfun[x1_?NumericQ, x2_?NumericQ] := NIntegrate[Cos[x1^x/x2], {x, 2, 3}]
tvar = {x1 -> 0.1, x2 -> 0.3};    
D[nfun[x1, x2], x1] /. tvar

And it worked pretty fine. But my real expression has multiple variables and multiple numerical integrations, so I would like to take a list of arguments as input. I also have to take one derivative for each variable. So I tried the following:


nfun1[arg : {_?NumericQ ..}] := NIntegrate[Cos[#1^x/#2], {x, 2, 3}] & @@ arg


But when I try:


D[nfun1[x1, x2], x1] /. tvar

It doesn't work...


I have tried what is proposed in here: Derivative after numerical Integration (2nd answer), but I couldn't get it to work Do you have any sugestions?


I hope I could express myself correctly



Edit: As Mark and Myke showed, the syntax in the second try is wrong, it should be:


D[nfun1[{x1, x2}], x1] /. tvar


But still not working :(



Answer



First note that your first solution generates a spurious complex part.


nfun[x1_?NumericQ, x2_?NumericQ] := NIntegrate[Cos[x1^x/x2], {x, 2, 3}]
tvar = {x1 -> 0.1, x2 -> 0.3};
D[nfun[x1, x2], x1] /. tvar // RepeatedTiming
(*  {0.17, -0.00527135 - 9.7792*10^-9 I}  *)

We will also see that it's rather slow to differentiate, too. This is because Mathematica is computing the derivative numerically, which causes the integral to be computed many times. This integral has a symbolic derivative, which can be used to speed up the calculation of the derivative.


Using Ifis an easy way to get the protection of NumericQ but still be able to differentiate the expression. (Update: I did have ConditionalExpression, which for some reason was working in my original session, but shouldn't have. It doesn't hold its arguments.)



nfun1[arg_List] := If[arg ∈ Reals, NIntegrate[Cos[#1^x/#2], {x, 2, 3}]] & @@ arg

There is no spurious imaginary part to the derivative and it is almost 50 times faster, too. (The Reals can be replaced with the Complexes.)


nfun1[{x1, x2}]
D[%, x1] /. tvar // RepeatedTiming
(*
  If[(x1 | x2) ∈ Reals, NIntegrate[Cos[x1^x/x2], {x, 2, 3}]]
  {0.0045, -0.00527132}
*)


Update: I had a function NEval was considerably faster than the ConditionalExpression "solution." The arguments to NEval consisted an expression expr to be evaluated when the rest of the arguments are numeric. There is also a special derivative rule, so that differentiating NEval simply differentiates expr. While one is naturally initially fond of all one's creations, there seems little need for it in this case. See edit history, if curious.


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