Find the integral

Calculus Level 5

1 1 ( d 700 d x 700 [ ( x 2 1 ) 700 ] ) k = 0 4 ( 1 ) k ( 8 k ) ( 16 2 k 8 ) x 8 2 k d x \int_{-1}^{1} \left (\frac{\mathrm{d^{700}} }{\mathrm{d} x^{700}} \left [ (x^{2}-1)^{700} \right ] \right ) \sum_{k=0}^{4} (-1)^{k} \begin{pmatrix} 8\\ k \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 16-2k\\ 8 \end{pmatrix} x^{8-2k} \; \mathrm{d}x


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1 solution

It is easy to see that

d 700 d x 700 [ ( x 2 1 ) 700 ] = 2 700 700 ! P 700 ( x ) \frac{\mathrm{d^{700}} }{\mathrm{d} x^{700}} \left [ (x^{2}-1)^{700} \right ] = 2^{700}700!P_{700}(x)

and

k = 0 4 ( 1 ) k ( 8 k ) ( 16 2 k 8 ) x 8 2 k = 2 8 P 8 ( x ) \sum_{k=0}^{4} (-1)^{k} \begin{pmatrix} 8\\ k \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 16-2k\\ 8 \end{pmatrix} x^{8-2k} = 2^{8}P_{8}(x)

where P l ( x ) P_{l}(x) stands for the l l -th Legendre Polynomial. As we know

1 1 P m ( x ) P n ( x ) d x = 2 2 m + 1 δ m , n \int_{-1}^{1} P_{m}(x)P_{n}(x) \; \mathrm{d}x = \frac{2}{2m+1} \delta_{m,n}

is the normalization integral, where δ m , n \delta_{m,n} stands for the Kronecker delta. Now it is easy to notice that if we denote the original integral by O O we get

O = 2 708 × 700 ! × 1 1 P 700 ( x ) P 8 ( x ) d x = 2 708 × 700 ! × 0 = 0 O = 2^{708} \times 700! \times \int_{-1}^{1} P_{700}(x)P_{8}(x) \; \mathrm{d}x = 2^{708} \times 700! \times 0 = 0

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