A sweet integral

Calculus Level 3

0 1 ( log 2 ( x + 1 ) + 2 x 2 ) d x = ? \large \int_{0}^{1} \left( \sqrt[]{\log _2{(x+1)}}+2^{x^2} \right) \,dx = \, ?


The answer is 2.

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1 solution

Aamir Makki
Feb 19, 2016

First of all, we note that the inverse of log 2 ( x + 1 ) \sqrt{\log _2{(x+1)}} is 2 x 2 1 2^{x^2}-1

Let log 2 ( x + 1 ) = f ( x ) \sqrt{\log _2{(x+1)}} = f(x)

Then we can rewrite the integral as 0 1 ( f ( x ) + f 1 ( x ) + 1 ) d x \int_{0}^{1} (f(x)+f^{-1}(x)+1) dx .

Next, note that for any invertible f ( x ) f(x) , a b f ( x ) d x + f ( a ) f ( b ) f 1 ( x ) d x = f ( b ) . b f ( a ) . a \int_{a}^{b} f(x) dx+ \int_{f(a)}^{f(b)}f^{-1}(x) dx = f(b).b-f(a).a

(To visualize this result, try plotting a graph of any invertible function and think of the integral in terms of area)

Finally, we note that f ( 0 ) = f 1 ( 0 ) = 0 f(0)=f^{-1}(0)=0 and f ( 1 ) = f 1 ( 1 ) = 1 f(1)=f^{-1}(1)=1

Plugging in the values, we get the answer 2.

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