I am currently working on the following improper integral:
Let σ>0 and H>1. I would like to show that
∫∞0lnHσexp(−(lnHσ+tσ2)22t)√2πt3dt=1H.
This is the result indicated in my book and also on Wolfram Alpha, but I do not know the substitution required to evaluate this. Any ideas?
Answer
I(a,b)=∫∞0exp(−(a+bx)2x)dx√x3x→x2=2∫∞0exp(−(a+bx2)2x2)dxx2
1x2→x=2∫∞0exp(−(ax+b/x)2)dxx→bax=2ba∫∞0exp(−(ax+b/x)2)dxx2
2I(a,b)=2∫∞0exp(−(ax+b/x)2)(1+bax2)dx
It would have been perfect if we had (ax−b/x) instead of (ax+b/x) since it's derivative would be found in (1+b/(ax2)), but we can adjust things:
(ax+b/x)2=a2x2+b2/x2+2ab
(ax−b/x)2=a2x2+b2/x2−2ab
⇒(ax+b/x)2=(ax−b/x)2+4ab
⇒I(a,b)=e−4aba∫∞0exp(−(ax−b/x)2)(a+bx2)dx
ax−b/x=t=e−4aba∫∞−∞e−t2dt=√πe−4aba
No comments:
Post a Comment