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Integral Calculus Problem Set III - Examples and solved problems related to Reduction Formulas, Improper Integrals, Other interesting definite and indefinite integrals

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Integral Calculus- Problem Set III

 
Integral Calculus- Introducing Definite and Indefinite Integrals

Target Audience: High School Students, College Freshmen and Sophomores, students preparing for the International Baccalaureate (IB), AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, A Level, Singapore/GCE A-Level; 

Class 11/12 students in India preparing for ISC/CBSE and Entrance Examinations like the IIT-JEE/AIEEE Anyone else who needs this Tutorial as a reference!

Calculus - Integral Calculus Problem Set III - Outline of Contents:

Examples and solved problems - Reduction formulas, improper integrals, reducing the integrand to partial fractions, more of definite integrals.


Here are the kind of cases we will cover in this tutorial.

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∫ log x dx    -- Solve this Integral. We eventually simplify this to the limiting value of [−h log h − (1 − h)] as h->0

Showing that the area bound by the curves  eax sin(bx) and  eax cos bx, and the positive x-axis is b/(a2 + b2) and a/(a2 + b2) respectively.
We solve these using integration by parts, and then using limiting values (as x->infinity)


Establish a reduction formula for   ∫ xn eax dx and apply it to evaluate  ∫  x3 eax dx.
We solve this using integration by parts, to arrive at a reduction formula, and then put n = 1, 2, 3 respectively

Obtain a reduction formula for ∫ xm sin nx dx.
Apply integration of parts. You get a reduction formula including a term of ∫ xm-1 cos nx dx, on which you again apply integration of parts to get a formula including the term  ∫ xm-2 sin nx dx.

Obtain a reduction formula for  ∫ xn e−x dx  and show that the value equals n! when we compute the value of the definite integral  between x = 0 and infinity.
We solve this using integration by parts. One term involves a multiple of ∫ xn-1 e−x dx  and the other one can be eliminated altogeter because it tends to 0

Obtain a reduction formula for  ∫  xm (log x)n dx and use it to evaluate 
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 x4 (log x)3 dx.
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We also pick up other interesting problems involving polynomials in the denominator. These are solved using partial fractions. 



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