I'm trying to solve the next problem: Determine if ∫∞0cosx√1+x3dx
is absolutetly convergent, conditionally covergent or diverges.
I think that the integral is abosolutely convergent and I tried to
do this: For all x≥0 is true that
cosx√1+x3≤∣cosx∣√1+x3≤1√1+x3≤1√x3=1x3/2.
Then, using the fact that ∫∞11xαdx
is convergent for α>1 and the comparison test we can conclude
that the integral ∫∞1cosx√1+x3dx
is absolutely convergent. Also, since the function f(x)=∣cosx∣√1+x3
is continuous on [0,∞) then is Riemann integrable on [0,1].
Therefore,
∫∞0∣cosx∣√1+x3dx=∫10∣cosx∣√1+x3dx+∫∞1∣cosx∣√1+x3dx.
And then, ∫∞0∣cosx∣√1+x3dx
is convergent since in the last equality, the two sumands on the right
side are finite. Thus, the integral ∫∞0cosx√1+x3dx
is absolutely convergent.
I don't know if what I did is right. Could you help me checking or
giving me some suggestion?
Thanks.
Answer
This is correct. As you correctly noted, the absolute value of the integrand is continuous on R+; and thus in particular Riemann-integrable on any (bounded) interval [0,I]⊂R.
Also, because you want to prove absolute convergence, your first inequality should be stated as
|cosx√1+x3|≤|cosx|√1+x3.
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