S = ∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 1 − x 3 y 3 y d y d x Find ( S π ) 2 .
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Yes, that works! (+1) I used a similar approach with a different "end game." I will post my solution when I get to it.
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On further thought, it would be much simpler to finish S = = ∫ 0 1 d y ∫ 0 y 1 − u 3 1 d u = ∫ 0 1 d u ∫ u 1 1 − u 3 1 d y = ∫ 0 1 1 − u 3 1 − u d u ∫ 0 1 1 + u + u 2 1 d u = [ 3 2 tan − 1 ( 3 2 u + 1 ) ] 0 1 = 3 3 π
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Yes, exactly! That's what I had in mind! (+1)
Happily, there is no need to post my solution then ;)
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@Otto Bretscher – There are many interesting solutions to this problems (the summation part). The two you give and a few more are discussed here and here
WOAHHH! Bestest solution!
As the limits of integration are constant we can exchange d x and d y .
So the integral becomes:-
∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 1 − ( x y ) 3 y d x d y
Substituting x y = t
we have:-
∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 y 1 − t 3 1 d t d y
Now we want to change the order of d t and d y
So we have:-
∫ 0 1 ∫ t 1 1 − t 3 1 d y d t
Evaluating we have:-
∫ 0 1 1 − t 3 1 − t d t
= ∫ 0 1 1 + t + t 2 1 d t
= ∫ 0 1 ( t + 2 1 ) 2 + 4 3 1 d t
which is
3 2 ( tan − 1 ( 3 ) − tan − 1 ( 3 1 ) )
= 3 3 π
Also we could do it using series:-
The series that @Mark Hennings arrived at can be solved using complex numbers too and using taylor series of l n ( 1 − x )
Using that it can be written as
ℜ ( 3 1 ( ω 2 − ω ) ( l n ( 1 − ω ) − l n ( 1 − ω 2 ) ) )
where omega is a complex cube root of unity and ℜ ( . ) denotes the real part.
I'll leave it upto the really interested to find out how the expression in complex numbers written above evaluates to the series
∑ r = 0 ∞ ( 3 r + 1 1 − 3 r + 2 1 )
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With some easy integration and some fun with the polygamma function: S = ∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 1 − x 3 y 3 y d y d x = = = = = = ∫ 0 1 ( ∫ 0 1 1 − x 3 y 3 y d x ) d y ∫ 0 1 ( ∫ 0 y 1 − u 3 1 d u ) d y = ∫ 0 1 ( ∫ 0 y n = 0 ∑ ∞ u 3 n d u ) d y ∫ 0 1 n = 0 ∑ ∞ 3 n + 1 y 3 n + 1 d y = n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 3 n + 1 ) ( 3 n + 2 ) 1 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 3 n + 1 1 − 3 n + 2 1 ) = 3 1 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( n + 3 1 1 − n + 3 2 1 ) n → ∞ lim 3 1 [ ψ ( n + 3 1 ) − ψ ( 3 1 ) − ψ ( n + 3 2 ) + ψ ( 3 2 ) ] 3 1 [ ψ ( 3 2 ) − ψ ( 3 1 ) ] = 3 3 π making the answer ( 3 3 ) 2 = 2 7 .