A triple integral inside a PDE

Calculus Level 5


The answer is 3.

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Mark Hennings
Jul 19, 2020

Moving to spherical polar coordinates β ( m , n ) = 0 0 1 2 π 0 1 2 π r 2 sin θ m + n r 4 d r d θ d ϕ = 1 2 π 0 r 2 m + n r 4 d r = π 2 m 1 4 n 3 4 0 s 2 1 + s 4 d s \beta(m,n) \; = \; \int_0^\infty \int_0^{\frac12\pi} \int_0^{\frac12\pi} \frac{r^2 \sin\theta}{m + nr^4}\,dr\,d\theta\,d\phi \; = \; \tfrac12\pi \int_0^\infty \frac{r^2}{m + nr^4}\,dr \; = \; \frac{\pi}{2m^{\frac14}n^{\frac34}}\int_0^\infty \frac{s^2}{1 + s^4}\,ds and a simple substitution gives us that 0 s 2 1 + s 4 d s = 1 4 B ( 1 4 , 3 4 ) = π 2 2 \int_0^\infty \frac{s^2}{1 + s^4}\,ds \; = \; \tfrac14B(\tfrac14,\tfrac34) \; = \; \tfrac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}} and hence β ( m , n ) = π 2 4 2 m 1 4 n 3 4 \beta(m,n) \; = \; \frac{\pi^2}{4\sqrt{2}m^{\frac14}n^{\frac34}} and hence 2 m n β ( m , n ) = 3 16 m n β ( m , n ) \frac{\partial^2}{\partial m \partial n}\beta(m,n) \; = \; \frac{3}{16mn}\beta(m,n) which makes k = 3 k =\boxed{3} .

The value of the last integral isn't necessary; rather it is the power of the variables that matter into finding k.

William Ly - 6 months, 1 week ago

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Obviously... That doesn't mean that evaluating the constant is unimportant.

Mark Hennings - 6 months, 1 week ago

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