Problem: Evaluate $ \displaystyle \int_{-1}^0 \sqrt{\frac{1+x}{1-x}} dx $.
Solution: Well, it looks not cool right now, so lets multiply through by $ \displaystyle \sqrt{\frac{1+x}{1+x}} $. We get $ \displaystyle \int_{-1}^0 \frac{1+x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} dx $.
That's nice; split up the integral into two parts, from which we obtain
$ \displaystyle \int_{-1}^0 \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} dx + \int_{-1}^0 \frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}dx = \left[\arcsin{x}-\sqrt{1-x^2}\right]_{-1}^0 = \frac{\pi}{2}-1 $.
QED.
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Comment: Not the toughest of integrals, but if you tried various substitutions like I did first, you probably found yourself with worse ones. Funny how a simple thing like this solves it.
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Practice Problem: Let $ f(x) $ be a differentiable and increasing function such that $ f(0) = 0 $. Prove that $ \displaystyle \int_0^1 f(x) f^{\prime}(x)dx \ge \frac{1}{2}\left(\int_0^1 f(x) dx \right)^2 $.
omg I get this one
ReplyDeletePractice problem: integration by parts. so u=f(x) dv=derivative of f(x)
and u solve.... umm....
well, wut about if you take the f(x) out of the integral, then the integral of the derivative would be f(x) so the first whole part is (f(x))^2, and the second part, it's the area of f(x) between 0 and 1, so .. i know starts from the origin, and the area squared... and take half of that, which is probably (f(x)) ^2 times 1/2, so the second whole part is only half of the first blob.
ok, i know there's gotta be something wrong in that shpeel, but the practice problem has nothing to do with your real problem. i get the arcsin part...
Lol. You can't take f(x) out of the integral. But a good substitution for the left side would be u = f(x), du = f'(x)dx.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the right side, think about what you know if f(x) is increasing and try to match it with what you got from the left side.
substitution's a good idea haha so the integral becomes 1/2 (int f(x))^2 from 0 to 1 (which is not the same as 1/2 (int f(x) from 0 to 1)^2 of course)
ReplyDeletelet int f(x) = F(x), then the LHS is 1/2 F(1)^2 - F(0)^2 whereas the RHS is 1/2 ( F(1) - F(0) )^2, and since f(0) = 0 and f(x) is increasing then -2 F(1) F(0) is nonnegative, so the result is obvious
how can you conclude that f(x) is increasing just by the point f(0)=0?
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