I am tasked with determining whether the following improper integral converges:
∫10√x2+1xdxDeemed improper as lim. After a while of struggling I got Wolfram alpha to tell me that it evaluates to some expression involving hypergeometric functions (whatever they are - but not important!) - i.e: it converges, so it was left to me to demonstrate why.
Seeing as the function doesn't have an elementary antiderivative, it won't be possible to just show \lim_{x\to0^+}\int_x^1\sqrt{(t^2+1)/t}\;dt exists, rather something like comparison to a larger function would be necessary, but I don't really know how to do that to functions in this form. I was also thinking of sort of using a reverse of the integral test for infinite series, by performing some change of variables on the integrand to get something like \int_1^\infty f(t)dt which exists iff \sum_{n=1}^\infty f(n) but I don't know whether (a) this would be valid or (b) this would be any quicker/easier.
Any help regarding this specific integral, or further general methods for dealing with improper integrals, would be much appreciated.
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