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What is the correct way to add more than one assumption while integrating?

I am attempting to evaluate the following integral and Mathematica is just stalling, so I'm wondering if my assumptions are the problem:

 Integrate[k Sqrt[k^2 - k0^2] ((kf^2 - k^2)/k^2 Log[(kf + k)/(kf - k)]
   + 2 kf), {k, k0, Sqrt[kf^2 + k0^2] - e}, Assumptions -> {Reals, e > 0}]
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I think what you mean is

Assuming[a<0 && b\[Element]Reals && c==3, FullSimplify[Integrate[f[a,b,c,d], {d,e,f}]]]

if you have different assumptions for different variables, or with the same assumption for a bunch of variables:

Assuming[{a, b, c}>0 && a>b, FullSimplify[Integrate[f[a,b,c,d], {d,e,f}]]]

so use the Assuming[] and && commands.

The difference between the Assuming[] and the Assumptions-> command is the topic of this thread: click

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  • Two question about this: Is there a way to specify the assumption that all variables involved are real using this method, the way Assumptions->Reals does? And I thought I had read that using Assuming[a==1, ...] permanently added "a==1" to the default assumptions for further calculations until changed, so I had avoided it. Is that true or am I mistaken? – Max May 11 '16 at 03:57
  • @Max, Assuming only temporarily appends to $Assumptions for that expression -- it won't affect further calculations. To see this, try comparing $Assumptions with Assuming[x > 0, $Assumptions] ...That said, I usually do what you did by adding an assumption to Integrate. I find that more readable. – Rashid May 11 '16 at 04:11
  • Rashid already answered that, but for your integral there seems to be no analytical solution with the given assumptions, so you might have to use NIntegrate instead of Integrate. – Yukterez May 11 '16 at 04:23