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Peyton Velez

Peyton Velez

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2022-06-21

Suppose I have the limit:
lim t 0 + 0 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x

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laure6237ma

laure6237ma

Beginner2022-06-22Added 27 answers

To prove the limit is 2 we must show that for any ϵ > 0 there exists δ > 0 such that if 0 < t < δ, then
(*) | 0 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x 2 | < ϵ
Note that
| 0 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x 2 | | 2 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x + 0 2 1 + t 4 x d x 2 | | 2 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x | A + | 0 2 1 + t 4 x d x 2 | B
For the term A, with x 2 we have
A = | 2 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x | 1 + t 4 2 ( t + 4 2 )
Since the RHS depends continuously on t there exists δ 1 > 0, then A < ϵ / 2
Term B is easily handled by showing that the improper integral converges uniformly for t in any bounded interval [ 0 , C ]. Since | 1 + t 4 x | 1 + C 4 x it follows by the Weierstrass M-test that the improper integral appearing in B is uniformly convergent and, thus,
lim t 0 + 0 2 1 + t 4 x d x = 0 2 lim t 0 + 1 + t 4 x d x = 2
Hence, there exists δ 2 > 0 such that when 0 < t < δ 2 we have
B = | 0 2 1 + t 4 x d x 2 | < ϵ 2
Therefore, we conclude the limit is 2 since if 0 < t < δ = min ( δ 1 , δ 2 ), then
| 0 t + 4 1 + t 4 x d x 2 | A + B < ϵ 2 + ϵ 2 = ϵ ,
Petrovcic2x

Petrovcic2x

Beginner2022-06-23Added 11 answers

Use the substitution u 2 = t + 4 so that u 2 + and the integral is reduced to
0 u 1 + ( u 2 4 ) 2 4 x d x
Let the integrand be denoted by f ( u , x ) then we have
0 f ( u , x ) 1 = ( u 2 4 ) 4 x 1 1 + 1 + ( u 2 4 ) 2 4 x ( u 2 4 ) 2 8 x
Thus we have
1 f ( u , x ) 1 + ( u 2 4 ) 2 8 x
Integrating with respect to x on [ 0 , u ] we get
u 0 u f ( u , x ) d x u + ( u 2 4 ) 2 u 4
Letting u 2 + we get desired limit as 2

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