Convergence of integrals

Calculus Level 4

Consider the following two questions about functions that are integrable over R \mathbb{R} .

I: Suppose f : R R f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} is a continuous function such that f ( x ) d x < . \int_{-\infty}^\infty |f(x)| \,\mathrm{d}x < \infty. Furthermore, suppose that the limits lim x f ( x ) and lim x + f ( x ) \lim_{x\to-\infty} f(x) \text{ and } \lim_{x\to+\infty} f(x) exist. Does it hold that ( f ( x ) ) 2 d x < ? \int_{-\infty}^\infty (f(x))^2 \,\mathrm{d}x < \infty?

II: Suppose g : R R g: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} is a function such that g ( x ) d x < . \int_{-\infty}^\infty g(x)\, \mathrm{d}x < \infty. Furthermore, suppose that g g is infinitely differentiable. Does it hold that ( g ( x ) ) 2 d x < ? \int_{-\infty}^\infty (g(x))^2\, \mathrm{d}x < \infty?

I and II are both true I is true but II is false I is false but II is true I and II are both false

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1 solution

Joël Ganesh
Mar 1, 2021

For I, suppose that the relevant limits exist. Then the relevant limits are equal to 0 0 as otherwise it cannot be the case that f ( x ) d x < . \int_{-\infty}^\infty |f(x)|\,\mathrm{d}x < \infty. As a result, there exists R > 0 R > 0 such that for x > R |x| > R , f ( x ) < 1 |f(x)| < 1 . Now note that for x > R |x| > R , ( f ( x ) ) 2 = f ( x ) 2 < f ( x ) (f(x))^2 = |f(x)|^2 < |f(x)| , so R \ [ R , R ] ( f ( x ) ) 2 d x R \ [ R , R ] f ( x ) d x < . \int_{\mathbb{R}\backslash[-R,R]} (f(x))^2 \,\mathrm{d}x \leq \int_{\mathbb{R}\backslash[-R,R]} |f(x)| \,\mathrm{d}x < \infty. Furthermore, as f f is continuous, f f is bounded on the interval [ R , R ] [-R,R] . As a result, R R ( f ( x ) ) 2 d x 2 R ( f [ R , R ] ) 2 < . \int_{-R}^R (f(x))^2\,\mathrm{d}x \leq 2R \cdot \left(\|f\|_{[-R,R]}\right)^2 < \infty. Hence ( f ( x ) ) 2 d x = R R ( f ( x ) ) 2 d x + R \ [ R , R ] ( f ( x ) ) 2 d x < . \int_{-\infty}^\infty (f(x))^2\,\mathrm{d}x = \int_{-R}^R (f(x))^2\,\mathrm{d}x + \int_{\mathbb{R}\backslash[-R,R]} (f(x))^2\,\mathrm{d}x < \infty.

For II, a single counterexample is sufficient. For example, note that g 1 , g 2 : R R , g 1 ( x ) = sin ( x 2 ) , g 2 ( x ) = cos ( x 2 ) g_1, g_2: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}, g_1(x) = \sin(x^2), g_2(x) = \cos(x^2) are infinitely differentiable, while sin ( x 2 ) d x = cos ( x 2 ) d x = π 2 < , \int_{-\infty}^\infty \sin(x^2) \,\mathrm{d}x =\int_{-\infty}^\infty \cos(x^2) \,\mathrm{d}x = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}} < \infty, but ( sin 2 ( x 2 ) + cos 2 ( x 2 ) ) d x = 1 d x = , \int_{-\infty}^\infty (\sin^2(x^2) + \cos^2(x^2)) \,\mathrm{d}x = \int_{-\infty}^\infty 1 \,\mathrm{d}x = \infty, implying that at least one of the integrals sin 2 ( x 2 ) d x and cos 2 ( x 2 ) d x \int_{-\infty}^\infty \sin^2(x^2) \,\mathrm{d}x \text{ and } \int_{-\infty}^\infty \cos^2(x^2) \,\mathrm{d}x cannot be finite as both integrands are non-negative for any x R x \in \mathbb{R} .

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