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Calculus Level 4

0 1 x 3 x 2 ln x d x \large \displaystyle \int_0^1\dfrac{x^3 - x^2}{\ln x }\, dx

The integral above has a closed form. Find the value of this closed form.

Give your answer to two decimal places.


The answer is 0.29.

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1 solution

I ( a ) = 0 1 x a x 2 ln ( x ) d x I(a) = \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{x^{a}-x^{2}}{\ln(x)} dx
d I d a = 0 1 a x a x 2 ln ( x ) d x = 0 1 x a d x = 1 a + 1 \dfrac{dI}{da} =\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{\partial}{\partial a} \dfrac{x^{a}-x^{2}}{\ln(x)} dx = \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} x^{a}dx = \dfrac{1}{a+1}
d I d a = 1 a + 1 \dfrac{dI}{da} = \dfrac{1}{a+1}
I ( a ) = ln ( a + 1 ) + c I(a) = \ln(a+1) + c
I ( 2 ) = 0 c = ln ( 3 ) I(2) = 0 \to c = -\ln(3)
I ( a ) = ln ( a + 1 3 ) I(a) = \ln\left(\dfrac{a+1}{3}\right)
I ( 3 ) = ln ( 4 3 ) I(3) = \ln\left(\dfrac{4}{3}\right)


Too good.. :)

Sparsh Sarode - 4 years, 10 months ago

Did exactly this :-)

Arsh Khan - 3 years, 8 months ago

Feynman's integration technique

Rio Schillmoeller - 1 year, 8 months ago

Or you could call it differentiation under the integral

Rio Schillmoeller - 1 year, 8 months ago

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