Given that I n = ∫ 0 1 x n e x d x
Find the value of n → ∞ lim ( k = 1 ∑ n k I k + 1 )
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integrate (x/y+y/x)dy/dx,x from 1 to 4 and y from 1 to 2
We know that : k = 1 ∑ ∞ n x n = − ln ( 1 − x ) . Therefore : L = k = 1 ∑ ∞ k + 1 I k = 0 ∫ 1 x e x k = 1 ∑ ∞ k x k d x L . = − 0 ∫ 1 x e x ln ( 1 − x ) d x . The interchange sum-integral is justified by the positiveness of all summands (monotone convergence theorem). L = [ − e x ( ( x − 1 ) ln ( x − 1 ) + 1 ] 0 1 = 1 − e .
Considering that all of the terms are positive, the final answer should be positive, IE e − 1 .
There is likely a mistake made at the end in evaluating the expression.
I also did the same. The answer comes 1-e & not e-1...
∫ 0 1 x e x k ≥ 1 ∑ k x k d x = − ∫ 0 1 x e x lo g ( 1 − x ) d x
= − ∫ 0 1 ( 1 − t ) e 1 − t lo g ( t ) d t = ∫ 0 1 t e 1 − t lo g ( t ) d t − ∫ 0 1 e 1 − t lo g ( t ) d t .
Now, consider the integral
I ( n ) = e ∫ 0 1 t n e − t d t = IBP n ! ( e − 1 ) − n e = Γ ( n + 1 ) ( e − 1 ) − n e
I ′ ( n ) = Γ ′ ( n + 1 ) ( e − 1 ) − e = e ∫ 0 1 t n e − t lo g ( t ) d t .
Thus our answer is equal to
I ′ ( 1 ) − I ′ ( 0 ) = ( Γ ′ ( 2 ) − Γ ′ ( 1 ) ) ( e − 1 ) = ( 1 − γ + γ ) ( e − 1 ) = e − 1 .
Note that Γ ( x ) is the Gamma function, and its derivative can be found (quite easily, especially for integer x ) using the digamma function.
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but gamma integral is for 0 to infinity only so please explain how you used it here
Woah! Quite an unusual and clever solution.
We can modification I n as double Integral I n = ∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 x n + 1 y n − 1 e x d x d y
Since, 0 < ∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 x 2 e x d x d y < 1 , so I n as geometric progression.
So, x → ∞ lim k I k + 1 = ∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 1 − x y x 2 e x = 1 . 7 1 8
the limit can be written as{ - ∫x* e^x* log(1-x)dx }from x=0 to x=1
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First of all, lets find the recurrent relation for the I n . Integrating by parts we get I n = ∫ 0 1 x n e x d x = e − ∫ 0 1 n x n − 1 e x d x = e − n I n − 1 . This is equivalent to I n + n I n − 1 = e . The last equality implies I n + 1 + ( n + 1 ) I n = I n + n I n − 1 or I n + 1 = n ( I n − 1 − I n ) . Now lets analyze our sum. We obtain k = 1 ∑ n k I k + 1 = k = 2 ∑ n ( I k − 1 − I k ) + I 2 = I 1 − I n + I 2 .
Now we must find to which number does I n tend. It's easy to notice that 0 ≤ ∫ 0 1 x n e x d x ≤ e ∫ 0 1 x n d x ⇔ 0 ≤ I n ≤ n + 1 e .
So we obtain that n → ∞ lim I n = 0
To finish our proof, we integrate by parts to calculate that n → ∞ lim ( I 1 + I 2 − I n ) = I 1 + I 2 = e − 1 .