Math Help - help for solving integral int_0^{infinity} exp(-x) / ((x+a)(x+b)) dx

1. help for solving integral int_0^{infinity} exp(-x) / ((x+a)(x+b)) dx

Dear All,
How to solve the following integral (see attachment)?
a,b, are real scalars.
Any help would be much welcome
Thanks

2. Re: help for solving integral int_0^{infinity} exp(-x) / ((x+a)(x+b)) dx

You wrote it in LaTeX code in the title, why the PDF?

What have you been able to do with this?

-Dan

3. Re: help for solving integral int_0^{infinity} exp(-x) / ((x+a)(x+b)) dx

PDF because it is easier to read.
I could not find any similar integral in Gradshteyn and Ryzhik's Table of Integrals.

4. Re: help for solving integral int_0^{infinity} exp(-x) / ((x+a)(x+b)) dx

With a few quick changes and the addition of [tex] tags we get:
$\int_0^{\infty} \frac{e^{-x}}{(x+a)(x+b)} dx$

Have you ever heard of the Laplace transform?

-Dan

5. Re: help for solving integral int_0^{infinity} exp(-x) / ((x+a)(x+b)) dx

ok, I got it.
There is no need for Laplace. Simply use partial fraction expansion and expand the integral into a sum of two integral. Each of them can be solved using the exponential integral function Ei.
Thanks