MX2 Integration Marathon (4 Viewers)

dan964 · Oct 10, 2017

Integration marathon for MX2 2021
Post integration questions within scope of MX2

Paradoxica · Oct 10, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

pikachu975 said:
$\int \frac{\text{d}x}{\sin{x}\sqrt{\sin(2x)}}$

Hint: expand and substitute

Kingom · Oct 10, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

Paradoxica said:
Hint: expand and substitute

Further hint: take something out of the root and simplify, then substitute

pikachu975 · Oct 10, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

Wait the sinx is on the denominator. It's basically the BOS trial question

Kingom · Oct 10, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

pikachu975 said:
Wait the sinx is on the denominator. It's basically the BOS trial question

Yup. FYI the mistranscribed integral is equivalent to 1/root(2) integral of root(tanx) which has been calculated to exhaustion.

Paradoxica · Oct 10, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

Kingom said:
Yup. FYI the mistranscribed integral is equivalent to 1/√2 integral of √tanx which has been calculated to exhaustion.

$\int \sqrt{\tan{x}} \, \text{d}x \equiv \frac{1}{2} \int (\sqrt{\tan{x}}-\sqrt{\cot{x}}) + (\sqrt{\tan{x}}+\sqrt{\cot{x}}) \, \text{d}x$

The rest is trivial.

omegadot · Oct 21, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

$$\noindent Evaluate$ \int_{-1}^1 \frac{e^{2x} + 1 - (x + 1)(e^x + e^{-x})}{x(e^x -1)} \, dx.$

stupid_girl · Nov 6, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

For $x\geqslant 0$ , define $f(x)=\int_{0}^{\pi}t\,sin^{x}t\,dt$ .
(a)Show that f(x) is decreasing. Write down the maximum value of f(x).
(b)Find $\int \ln\,f(x) - \ln\,f(x+2)\,dx$ .

leehuan · Nov 6, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

omegadot said:
$$\noindent Evaluate$ \int_{-1}^1 \frac{e^{2x} + 1 - (x + 1)(e^x + e^{-x})}{x(e^x -1)} \, dx.$

$\begin{align*}I&= \int_{-1}^1 \frac{e^{2x}+1 - (x+1)(e^x+e^{-x})}{x(e^x-1)}dx\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 \frac{(e^x-x-1)(e^x+e^{-x})}{x(e^x-1)}dx\\ &= -\int_{1}^{-1}\frac{(e^{-u}+u-1)(e^u+e^{-u})}{-u(e^{-u}-1)}du\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 \frac{(1+ue^u-e^u)(e^u+e^{-u})}{u(e^u-1)}du\end{align*}$

$\begin{align*}\therefore 2I &= \int_{-1}^1 \frac{e^x+e^{-x}}{x(e^x-1)}[e^x-x-1+1+xe^x-e^x]dx\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 \frac{e^x+e^{-x}}{xe^x-1}[xe^x-1]dx\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 (e^x+e^{-x})dx\\ \implies I&= e-\frac1e\end{align*}$

leehuan · Nov 6, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

stupid_girl said:
For $x\geqslant 0$ , define $f(x)=\int_{0}^{\pi}t\,sin^{x}t\,dt$ .
(a)Show that f(x) is decreasing. Write down the maximum value of f(x).
(b)Find $\int \ln\,f(x) - \ln\,f(x+2)\,dx$ .

$\text{Suppose that }0\le x \le y$

$\\\text{Since }t\in [0,\pi] \implies \sin t \in [0,1]\\ x\le y \implies \sin^x t \ge \sin^y t$

$\\\text{Hence for }t\in [0,\pi]\\ t\sin^x t \ge t \sin^y t \implies \int_0^\pi t\sin^x t\,dt \ge \int_0^\pi t\sin^y t\,dt\implies f(x)\ge f(y)\\ \text{Hence }f\text{ is decreasing.}$

$\text{So the maximum value is }f(0) = \frac{\pi^2}{2}$
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$\begin{align*}f(x+2) &= \int_0^\pi t \sin^{x+2} t\,dt \\ &= \int_0^\pi (t \sin t) \sin^{x+1} t\,dt \\ &= \left[(\sin t - t\cos t)\sin^{x+1}t\right]_0^\pi - \int_0^\pi (\sin t - t \cos t)(x+1)\cos t\sin^{x}t\,dt\\ &= -(x+1)\int_0^\pi \sin^{x+1}t\cos t\,dt + (x+1)\int_0^\pi t\cos^2 t \sin^{x}t\,dt\\ &= (x+1)\int_0^\pi t\sin^{x}t\,dt -(x+1)\int_0^\pi t\sin^{x+2} t\,dt\\ &= (x+1)f(x) - (x+1)f(x+2)\\ \implies \frac{f(x)}{f(x+2)}&= \frac{x+2}{x+1}\end{align*}$

$\therefore \int \ln f(x) - \ln f(x+2)\,dx = \int \ln (x+2) - \ln (x+1)\, dx\\ \text{The remainder of the question is trivial and is left as an exercise to the reader.}$

leehuan · Nov 7, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

$\int_0^\infty \frac{dx}{\left(x+\sqrt{1+x^2}\right)^n}$

Paradoxica · Nov 7, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

leehuan said:
$\int_0^\infty \frac{dx}{\left(x+\sqrt{1+x^2}\right)^n}$

same

omegadot · Nov 7, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

leehuan said:
$\int_0^\infty \frac{dx}{\left(x+\sqrt{1+x^2}\right)^n}$

$$\noindent Note, the (improper) integral only converges for $n > 1.$

$$\noindent The simplest way to solve this integral is to use a hyperbolic substitution of $x = \sinh t$, though as hyperbolic functions are not considered part of the MX2 syllabus I will make do with using its definition in terms of exponential functions.$

$$\noindent Let $x = \frac{e^t - e^{-t}}{2}, dx = \frac{e^t + e^{-t}}{2} \, dt$ with the limits of integration remaining unchanged.$

$\noindent So for the term $1 + x^2$, in terms of $t$ we have$

$1 + x^2 = \left (\frac{e^t + e^{-t}}{2} \right )^2,$

$\noindent so the term in the denominator becomes$

$x + \sqrt{1 + x^2} = e^t.$

$\noindent Thus$

$\begin{align*}\int^\infty_0 \frac{dx}{(x + \sqrt{1 + x^2})^n} &= \frac{1}{2} \int^\infty_0 \frac{e^t + e^{-t}}{e^{nt}} \, dt\\ &= \frac{1}{2} \int^\infty_0 \left (e^{(1 - n)t} + e^{-(1 + n)t} \right ) \, dt\\ &= \frac{1}{2} \left [\frac{1}{1 - n} e^{(1 - n)t} - \frac{1}{1 + n} e^{-(1 + n)t} \right ]^\infty_0.\end{align*}$

$\noindent Now as $n > 1$, $1 - n < 0$ so $e^{(1 - n)t} \to 0$ as $t \to \infty$. Also, as $n > 1, n + 1 > 0$ so $e^{-(1 + n)t} \to 0$ as $t \to \infty$. Thus$

$\int^\infty_0 \frac{dx}{(x + \sqrt{1 + x^2})^n} = -\frac{1}{2} \left [\frac{1}{1 - n} - \frac{1}{1 + n} \right ] = \frac{n}{n^2 - 1}.$

omegadot · Nov 7, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

$\noindent Now, so as not to scare off the children too soon, how able something a little easier?$

$$\noindent Find, without using a trigonometric substitution, $ \int \frac{dx}{x^2 \sqrt{x^2 + 1}}.$

leehuan · Nov 25, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

$\text{For }a>0,\text{ find }\int_0^{\infty} \frac{dx}{(1+x^a)(1+x^2)}$

Also spoiler for the one above:

Do the same substitution as the one above it

Paradoxica · Dec 15, 2017

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

leehuan said:
$\text{For }a>0,\text{ find }\int_0^{\infty} \frac{dx}{(1+x^a)(1+x^2)}$

Also spoiler for the one above:

Do the same substitution as the one above it

I don't think

$u^2 = 1+\frac{1}{x^2}$

is the right substitution for that.

stupid_girl · Jan 21, 2018

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

This one is fairly straight-forward.
$\int (sec x-tan x)^{\frac{2018}{2017}}d(tan x)$

jathu123 · Jan 31, 2018

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

A nice one
$$ \noindent Evaluate $\int_{0}^{1}x\sqrt{x\sqrt[3]{x\sqrt[4]{x\sqrt[5]{x...}}}} $ d$x$

Paradoxica · Feb 8, 2018

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

jathu123 said:
A nice one
$$ \noindent Evaluate $\int_{0}^{1}x\sqrt{x\sqrt[3]{x\sqrt[4]{x\sqrt[5]{x...}}}} $ d$x$

sik MIT steal

leehuan · Feb 11, 2018

Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon

Paradoxica said:
sik MIT steal

That being said is there a way of doing it using only 4U methods

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