The region $R$ is the unit square with corners at $(0,0), (1,0), (0,1)$ and $(1,1)$.
The idea is to consider the geometric series.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Answer
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- We use the formula for sum of a geometric series as following
$$
\frac{1}{1-x^2y^2} = 1 + x^2y^2 +x^4y^4 + \dots.
$$ - Then we have
$$
\int\limits_{R}\frac{1}{1-x^2y^2}\, dxdy =
\int\limits_{R}\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty x^{2n}y^{2n}\, dxdy = \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty
\int\limits_{R}x^{2n}y^{2n}\, dxdy.
$$ - And $\int\limits_{R}x^{2n}y^{2n}\, dxdy = \int_0^1\int_0^1x^{2n}y^{2n}\, dxdy = 1/(2n+1)^2$.
- Finally
$$
\int\limits_{R}\frac{1}{1-x^2y^2}\, dxdy = \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty\frac{1}{(2n+1)^2}.
$$
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