Floor it up

Calculus Level 3

0 2018 π cot 1 x d x = ? \large \int ^{2018π} _{0} \lfloor \cot^{-1} x \rfloor \ dx =\ ?

Notation: \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the floor function .


The answer is 0.642.

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Henry U
Nov 24, 2018

cot 1 x \cot^{-1} x is strictly decreasing on the interval [ 0 , 2018 π ] [0, 2018\pi] and converges to 0, so cot 1 x = 0 \lfloor \cot^{-1} x \rfloor = 0 for x > cot 1 0.642 x > \cot 1 \approx 0.642 . Therefore, we can ignore this part and focus on the interval [ 0 , cot 1 ] [0, \cot 1] .

cot 1 0 = π 2 1.57 < 2 cot 1 x = 1 \cot^{-1} 0 = \frac {\pi}2 \approx 1.57 < 2 \Rightarrow \lfloor \cot^{-1} x \rfloor = 1 (Again, because cot 1 x \cot^{-1} x is strictly decreasing). This means that the area under the graph is simply made up of a rectangle with height 1 1 and width cot 1 0.642 \cot 1 \approx 0.642 , so its area is cot 1 0.642 \cot 1 \approx \boxed{0.642} .

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