Find the positive, integral values of and which satisfy the given equation. Write your answer as .
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Consider the integral, change x to be x + 2 , we get ∫ − ∞ ∞ exp ( 2 ( x + 2 ) ( 2 − x ) ) d x = ∫ − ∞ ∞ exp ( 2 ( 4 − x 2 ) ) d x = e 8 ∫ − ∞ ∞ exp ( − 2 x 2 ) d x = 2 e 8 ∫ − ∞ ∞ exp ( − x 2 ) d x = 2 e 8 π . Note that we changed x to be 2 x meanwhile. Therefore, e 8 2 π = e 8 c = 1 ∏ ∞ α c 2 − β 2 c . We can express this equation as 2 π = c = 1 ∏ ∞ α c 2 − β 4 c 2 , which is Wallis formula, where α = 4 and β = 1 . The answer is 4 + 1 = 5 .