My First Nameless Problem

Calculus Level 3

I = lim n 1 n n + 1 0 n x n sin x d x + lim n 0 + 1 n n + 1 0 n x n sin x d x I=\lim_{n\to \infty} \displaystyle \frac{1}{n^{n+1}} \int_{0}^{n} x^n\cdot \sin x dx+\lim_{n\to 0^+}\frac{1}{n^{n+1}}\int_{0}^{n}x^n\cdot \sin x dx

Let n = 4 p n=4p such that p p is a non-negative integer satisfying the equation above.

Find the value of I I


The answer is 0.

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1 solution

we have 1 sin ( x ) 1 -1\leq \sin(x) \leq 1

so we have x n x n sin ( x ) x n -x^{n}\leq x^{n} \sin(x) \leq x^{n}

So 0 n x n d x 0 n x n sin ( x ) d x 0 n x n d x \int_{0}^{n}-x^{n} dx \leq \int_{0}^{n} x^{n} \sin(x) dx \leq \int_{0}^{n}x^{n}dx

So 0 n 1 n n + 1 ( x n ) d x 0 n 1 n n + 1 x n sin ( x ) d x 1 n n + 1 0 n x n d x \int_{0}^{n}\frac{1}{n^{n+1}}(-x^{n})dx\leq \int_{0}^{n}\frac{1}{n^{n+1}} x^{n} \sin(x)dx \leq \frac{1}{n^{n+1}} \int_{0}^{n}x^{n}dx

So n n + 1 ( n n + 1 ) ( n + 1 ) 1 n n + 1 0 n x n sin ( x ) d x n n + 1 ( n n + 1 ) ( n + 1 ) -\frac{n^{n+1}}{(n^{n+1})(n+1)}\leq \frac{1}{n^{n+1}} \int_{0}^{n} x^{n} \sin(x)dx \leq \frac{n^{n+1}}{(n^{n+1})(n+1)}

Taking n n\to\infty and using the Sandwich Rule

we have our first limit as 0 .

Now for the 2nd part...we have to evaluate the same limit as t 0 + t\to0^{+}

we have for 0 < x < 1 0<x<1 and 1 > t > 0 1>t>0

0 < x t < 1 0<x^{t}< 1

as we have to evaluate the limit as the function nears 0 0

So taking an open interval ( 0 , δ ) (0,\delta) where 0 < δ < π 2 0<\delta< \frac{\pi}{2} and let t ( 0 , δ ) t \in (0,\delta)

(essentially what we want to do is we want to be only concerned about the behavior of the function with respect to t t in a very small deleted neighbourhood of 0 0 . But since we are concerned with only the positive half of that neighbourhood it is good enough that we are working in ( 0 , δ ) (0,\delta) , 0 < δ < π 2 0<\delta< \frac{\pi}{2} )

0 < x t s i n ( x ) < sin ( x ) 0<x^{t}sin(x)<\sin(x) .

So 0 < 0 t 1 t t + 1 x t sin ( x ) d x < 0 t 1 t t + 1 sin ( x ) d x \displaystyle 0< \int_{0}^{t} \frac{1}{t^{t+1}}x^{t}\sin(x)dx < \int_{0}^{t} \frac{1}{t^{t+1}} \sin(x) dx

which gives us:-

0 < 0 t 1 t t + 1 x t sin ( x ) d x < 1 cos ( t ) t t t 0<\int_{0}^{t} \frac{1}{t^{t+1}}x^{t}\sin(x)dx < \frac{1-\cos(t)}{t\cdot t^{t}}

We have lim t 0 + t t = 1 \displaystyle \lim_{t\to0^{+}} t^{t} = 1 here's a good explanation video for this

and

lim t 0 + 1 cos ( t ) t = lim t 0 + sin ( t ) = 0 \displaystyle \lim_{t\to0^{+}} \frac{1-\cos(t)}{t} = \lim_{t\to0^{+}} \sin(t) = 0 (Using L'Hopital's Rule)

So again using Sandwich Rule we have the 2nd limit as 0 0

So the answer is 0 + 0 = 0 0+0 = 0

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