Sum inside integral

Calculus Level 2

1 n n = 0 x 2 x 2 + 1 d x \int _{ 1 }^{ n }{ \sum _{ n=0 }^{ \infty }{ { \frac { { x }^{ 2 } }{ { x }^{ 2 }+1 } } } } dx

Type 1 1 if sum does not converge.


The answer is 1.

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1 solution

Tom Engelsman
Feb 15, 2019

Since x 2 x 2 + 1 = 1 1 x 2 + 1 \frac{x^2}{x^2 + 1} = 1 - \frac{1}{x^2 + 1} , we now integrate this expression first to obtain:

1 n 1 1 x 2 + 1 d x = x a r c t a n ( x ) 1 n = n a r c t a n ( n ) 1 + π 4 . \int_{1}^{n} 1 - \frac{1}{x^2 + 1} dx = x - arctan(x)|_{1}^{n} = n - arctan(n) - 1 + \frac{\pi}{4}.

Now focusing on the sum:

Σ n = 0 ( n + π 4 1 ) a r c t a n ( n ) \Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty} (n + \frac{\pi}{4} - 1) - arctan(n)

one notices by the Comparison Test that;

n < n + π 4 1 Σ 0 n < Σ 0 n + π 4 1 n < n + \frac{\pi}{4} - 1 \Rightarrow \boxed{\Sigma_{0}^{\infty} n < \Sigma_{0}^{\infty} n + \frac{\pi}{4} - 1} (i)

Since the LHS of (i) is divergent, the RHS is as well.

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