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Calculus Level 5

f ( α ) = 0 exp ( ln 2 ( e α x 1 ) α 2 ) d x f(\alpha)=\int_0^{\infty}\exp\left(-\frac{\ln^2\left(e^{\alpha x}-1\right)}{\alpha^2}\right)dx

For f ( α ) f(\alpha) as defined above, find the value of f ( π ) f (\pi ) .

Notation: exp ( x ) = e x \exp (x)=e^x


The answer is 0.88622.

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1 solution

Mark Hennings
Sep 15, 2019

The substitution e α u = e α x 1 e^{\alpha u} = e^{\alpha x} - 1 gives e α u d u = e α x d x e^{\alpha u}\,du = e^{\alpha x}\,dx , so that d x = e α u 1 + e α u d u dx = \tfrac{e^{\alpha u}}{1 +e^{\alpha u}}\,du , and hence f ( α ) = e u 2 e α u 1 + e α u d u = e v 2 1 1 + e α v d v f(\alpha) \; = \; \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-u^2} \frac{e^{\alpha u}}{1 + e^{\alpha u}}\,du \; = \; \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-v^2} \frac{1}{1 + e^{\alpha v}}\,dv using the substitution u = v u = -v . But then f ( α ) = 1 2 e u 2 d u = 1 2 π f(\alpha) \; = \; \tfrac12\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-u^2}\,du \; =\; \boxed{\tfrac12\sqrt{\pi}} for any α > 0 \alpha > 0 .

Just as intended, Sir!!!

Aaghaz Mahajan - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Mark Hennings Sir, also do try this problem......there are no solvers yet...

Aaghaz Mahajan - 1 year, 8 months ago

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