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No problem! It's really useful sometimes, it's almost magical. I hope it comes in use.
∫ 0 ∞ e − x x 3 d x = ∫ 0 ∞ x 4 − 1 e − x d x = Γ ( 4 ) Γ ( z ) is Gamma function = 3 ! = 6
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Easy and cute problem :)
Integrating by parts: Γ ( z ) = ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x z − 1 d x Γ ( 4 ) = ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x 4 − 1 d x = ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x 3 d x = [ − x 3 ⋅ e − x ] 0 ∞ + 3 ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x 2 d x = = 3 ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x 2 d x = 3 ( [ − x 2 ⋅ e − x ] 0 ∞ + 2 ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x d x ) = = 6 ∫ 0 ∞ e − x ⋅ x d x = 6 ( [ − x ⋅ e − x ] 0 ∞ + ∫ 0 ∞ e − x d x ) = 6 ∫ 0 ∞ e − x d x = 6 ( [ − ⋅ e − x ] 0 ∞ ) = 6 = 3 !
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The obvious way is to use the gamma function or by integrating by parts. For the sake of variety I will use a fancier method.
I ( a ) = ∫ e a x x 3 d x = ∂ a 3 ∂ 3 ∫ e a x d x = ∂ a 3 ∂ 3 a e a x = a 4 e a x ( a 3 x 3 − 3 a 2 x 2 + 6 a x − 6 ) Now let a = − 1 and plugging in the limits we get 6 .