Further Mathematics
Advanced integration and improper integrals
- 1.
Find integral ln x dx for x > 0 using integration by parts.
[3 marks] · no calculator - 2.
Evaluate integral from 0 to 1 of x/(1 + x^2) dx exactly.
[3 marks] · no calculator - 3.
Determine for which real p the improper integral from 1 to infinity of x^(-p) dx converges, and give its value when it does.
[3 marks] · no calculator - 4.
Evaluate integral from 0 to 1 of x^2 e^x dx exactly.
[3 marks] · no calculator - 5.
Let I_n = integral from 0 to pi/2 of sin^n x dx. For n >= 2 derive I_n = (n - 1)I_(n - 2)/n, and find I_4 exactly.
[3 marks] · no calculator - 6.
A learner claims integral from -1 to 1 of 1/x^2 dx equals -2 by using -1/x at the endpoints. Explain the error and determine convergence.
[3 marks] · no calculator
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