Friday, 11 September 2015

calculus - Prove $int^infty_0 frac{frac{1}{1+(bx)^2}-frac{1}{1+(ax)^2}}{x}dx = ln(frac{a}{b})$ with Frullani Integrals



Prove $$\int^\infty_0 \frac{\frac{1}{1+(bx)^2}-\frac{1}{1+(ax)^2}}{x}dx = \ln(\frac{a}{b})$$




I'm supposed to use Frulanni integrals and use the fact that $\int^\infty_0 \frac{f(bx)-f(ax)}{x}dx$ since this equals $[f(\infty)-f(0)] \ln(\frac{b}{a})$



Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to do such a transformation. Any help would be appreciated!



UPDATE: Here's what I tried.



Let $f(t)=\frac{1}{1+t^2}$ and $b^2=\frac{1}{d}$ and $a^2=\frac{1}{c}$



Then we have $$\int^\infty_0 \frac{f(td)-f(tc)}{x}=[f(\infty)-f(0)]\ln(\frac{d}{c})=(1-1)\ln(\frac{d}{c})=0.$$ but I don't think we're allowed to get 0 so I must have done something wrong.



Answer



So, let $f(t)=1/(1+t^2)$. Then, your integral can be written
$$
\int_0^{+\infty}\frac{f(bx)-f(ax)}{x}\,dx
$$
and, as you point out, it is a Frullani integral, with value
$$
(f(+\infty)-f(0))\ln(b/a)
$$
Now

$$
\lim_{t\to+\infty}f(t)=0
$$
and
$$
f(0)=1.
$$
Hence, the value of your integral is
$$
-\ln(b/a)=-(\ln b-\ln a)=\ln a-\ln b=\ln(a/b)

$$
(I made that calculation in detail since I think that was your problem) as desired.


No comments:

Post a Comment

real analysis - How to find $lim_{hrightarrow 0}frac{sin(ha)}{h}$

How to find $\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\sin(ha)}{h}$ without lhopital rule? I know when I use lhopital I easy get $$ \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}...