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Calculus Level 5

0 1 { 2016 x } ( x x 2 ) 5 d x \large \displaystyle\int _{ 0 }^{ 1 }{ \left\{ 2016x \right\} (x-{ x }^{ 2 })^{ 5 }\, dx }

If the integral above is equal to a b \dfrac ab , where a a and b b are coprime positive integers, find a + b a+b .

Notation : { } \{ \cdot \} denotes the fractional part function .


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The answer is 5545.

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1 solution

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Apr 12, 2016

First we observe a b { n x } d x = a b { x } d x \displaystyle\int_{a}^{b} \{nx\}dx = \int_{a}^{b} \{x\}dx , so that the 2016 can be disregarded.

Then, on ( 0 , 1 ) , { x } = x (0,1), \{x\} = x , further reducing the integral to just 0 1 x ( x x 2 ) 5 d x = 0 1 x 6 ( 1 x ) 5 d x \displaystyle\int_{0}^{1} x(x-x^2)^5dx = \int_{0}^{1}x^6(1-x)^5dx

By integrating by parts many times, we observe a pattern:

x 6 ( 1 x ) 5 d x = x 6 ( 1 x ) 6 6 x 5 ( 1 x ) 7 × 6 6 × 7 \displaystyle\int_{}^{} x^6(1-x)^5dx = -\frac{x^6(1-x)^6}{6} - \frac{x^5(1-x)^7 \times 6}{6 \times 7} -

x 4 ( 1 x ) 8 × 6 × 5 6 × 7 × 8 . . . ( 1 x ) 12 × 6 ! 12 ! 5 ! \displaystyle\frac{x^4(1-x)^8 \times 6 \times 5}{6\times 7 \times 8} - ... -\frac{(1-x)^{12} \times 6!}{\frac{12!}{5!}}

Following the Second Fundamental Theorem, all the terms cancel out for x = 1 x =1 and only the last term, say f ( x ) f(x) , at f ( 0 ) -f(0) matters.

f ( 0 ) = 1 5544 \displaystyle -f(0) = \boxed{\frac{1}{5544}}

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