The real number satisfies the equation above and can be expressed in the form , with and positive, root-free integers with a greatest common divisor of 2. Find .
If you believe that the following limit goes to infinity for all real , submit your answer as 2016.
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denotes Euler's number, the base of the natural logarithm.
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First, we evaluate the integral using the substitution u = x + y 2 : \left(1+6\int_{0}^B \frac{y\left(x+y^2\right)^2}{x^3}dy\right)^x= \left(1+\frac{\left(x+y^2\right)^3}{x^3}\bigg{|}_0^B\right)^x= \left(1+\frac{\left(x+B^2\right)^3}{x^3}-1\right)^x=\left(\frac{\left(x+B^2\right)}{x}\right)^{3x}
This is an indeterminate form of the type 1 ∞ , so we will convert to to exp ( ln ( x ( x + B 2 ) ) 3 x ) = exp ( 3 x ln ( x ( x + B 2 ) ) ) = exp ( 3 x ( ln ( x + B 2 ) − ln x ) )
The equation inside the exp is now an indeterminate form of the type 0 ⋅ ∞ , so we will modify it to be exp ( 3 x 1 ln ( x + B 2 ) − ln x ) then apply L'Hospital's Rule:
exp ( 3 x 1 ln ( x + B 2 ) − ln x ) = ( − 3 x 2 1 x + B 2 1 − x 1 ) = exp ( − x + B 2 3 x 2 + 3 x )
Long dividing the first term, we get
− 3 x + 3 B 2 − x + B 2 3 B 4 + 3 x = 3 B 2 − x + B 2 3 B 4
Finally, because x is going to ∞ , we obtain the limit as e 3 B 2
We are looking for the term in the exponent to be 2016.
3 B 2 = 2 0 1 6
B 2 = 6 7 2
B = 6 7 2 = 4 4 2
α = 4 , β = 4 2 , α + β = 4 6