A calculus problem by Guru Prasaadh

Calculus Level 4

0 x 3 e x 1 d x \int_0^\infty \dfrac{x^3}{e^x - 1} \, dx

Find the value of the closed form of the above integral.

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.


The answer is 6.49.

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1 solution

Viki Zeta
Oct 26, 2016

Here is the very usual solution to this problem.

I = 0 x 3 e x 1 d x ζ ( n ) = 1 Γ ( n ) 0 x n 1 e x 1 d x ζ ( 4 ) = 1 Γ ( 4 ) 0 x 4 1 e x 1 d x = 1 Γ ( 4 ) 0 x 3 e x 1 d x 0 x 3 e x 1 d x = ζ ( 4 ) × Γ ( 4 ) = π 4 90 × 6 = π 4 15 \displaystyle I=\int_0^\infty \dfrac{x^3}{e^x-1} dx \\ \displaystyle \zeta (n) = \dfrac{1}{\Gamma(n)}\int_0^\infty \dfrac{x^{n-1}}{e^x - 1} dx \\ \displaystyle \zeta(4) = \dfrac{1}{\Gamma(4)}\int_0^\infty \dfrac{x^{4-1}}{e^x - 1} dx = \dfrac{1}{\Gamma(4)}\int_0^\infty \dfrac{x^{3}}{e^x - 1} dx\\ \displaystyle \int_0^\infty \dfrac{x^3}{e^x-1} dx = \zeta(4) \times \Gamma(4) = \dfrac{\pi^4}{90} \times 6 = \dfrac{\pi^4}{15}

add some other easy solution without involving zeta functions

gundu cat - 4 years, 7 months ago

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Other solutions are very lengthy.

Viki Zeta - 4 years, 7 months ago

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