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k i A Letter to MSM
Arr0w   23
N Sep 19, 2022 by scannose
Greetings.

I have seen many posts talking about commonly asked questions, such as finding the value of $0^0$, $\frac{1}{0}$,$\frac{0}{0}$, $\frac{\infty}{\infty}$, why $0.999...=1$ or even expressions of those terms combined as if that would make them defined. I have made this post to answer these questions once and for all, and I politely ask everyone to link this post to threads that are talking about this issue.
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[*]Firstly, the case of $0^0$. It is usually regarded that $0^0=1$, not because this works numerically but because it is convenient to define it this way. You will see the convenience of defining other undefined things later on in this post.

[*]What about $\frac{\infty}{\infty}$? The issue here is that $\infty$ isn't even rigorously defined in this expression. What exactly do we mean by $\infty$? Unless the example in question is put in context in a formal manner, then we say that $\frac{\infty}{\infty}$ is meaningless.

[*]What about $\frac{1}{0}$? Suppose that $x=\frac{1}{0}$. Then we would have $x\cdot 0=0=1$, absurd. A more rigorous treatment of the idea is that $\lim_{x\to0}\frac{1}{x}$ does not exist in the first place, although you will see why in a calculus course. So the point is that $\frac{1}{0}$ is undefined.

[*]What about if $0.99999...=1$? An article from brilliant has a good explanation. Alternatively, you can just use a geometric series. Notice that
\begin{align*}
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{9}{10^n}&=9\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{10^n}=9\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\biggr(\frac{1}{10}\biggr)^n=9\biggr(\frac{\frac{1}{10}}{1-\frac{1}{10}}\biggr)=9\biggr(\frac{\frac{1}{10}}{\frac{9}{10}}\biggr)=9\biggr(\frac{1}{9}\biggr)=\boxed{1}
\end{align*}
[*]What about $\frac{0}{0}$? Usually this is considered to be an indeterminate form, but I would also wager that this is also undefined.
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Hopefully all of these issues and their corollaries are finally put to rest. Cheers.

2nd EDIT (6/14/22): Since I originally posted this, it has since blown up so I will try to add additional information per the request of users in the thread below.

INDETERMINATE VS UNDEFINED

What makes something indeterminate? As you can see above, there are many things that are indeterminate. While definitions might vary slightly, it is the consensus that the following definition holds: A mathematical expression is be said to be indeterminate if it is not definitively or precisely determined. So how does this make, say, something like $0/0$ indeterminate? In analysis (the theory behind calculus and beyond), limits involving an algebraic combination of functions in an independent variable may often be evaluated by replacing these functions by their limits. However, if the expression obtained after this substitution does not provide sufficient information to determine the original limit, then the expression is called an indeterminate form. For example, we could say that $0/0$ is an indeterminate form.

But we need to more specific, this is still ambiguous. An indeterminate form is a mathematical expression involving at most two of $0$, $1$ or $\infty$, obtained by applying the algebraic limit theorem (a theorem in analysis, look this up for details) in the process of attempting to determine a limit, which fails to restrict that limit to one specific value or infinity, and thus does not determine the limit being calculated. This is why it is called indeterminate. Some examples of indeterminate forms are
\[0/0, \infty/\infty, \infty-\infty, \infty \times 0\]etc etc. So what makes something undefined? In the broader scope, something being undefined refers to an expression which is not assigned an interpretation or a value. A function is said to be undefined for points outside its domain. For example, the function $f:\mathbb{R}^{+}\cup\{0\}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ given by the mapping $x\mapsto \sqrt{x}$ is undefined for $x<0$. On the other hand, $1/0$ is undefined because dividing by $0$ is not defined in arithmetic by definition. In other words, something is undefined when it is not defined in some mathematical context.

WHEN THE WATERS GET MUDDIED

So with this notion of indeterminate and undefined, things get convoluted. First of all, just because something is indeterminate does not mean it is not undefined. For example $0/0$ is considered both indeterminate and undefined (but in the context of a limit then it is considered in indeterminate form). Additionally, this notion of something being undefined also means that we can define it in some way. To rephrase, this means that technically, we can make something that is undefined to something that is defined as long as we define it. I'll show you what I mean.

One example of making something undefined into something defined is the extended real number line, which we define as
\[\overline{\mathbb{R}}=\mathbb{R}\cup \{-\infty,+\infty\}.\]So instead of treating infinity as an idea, we define infinity (positively and negatively, mind you) as actual numbers in the reals. The advantage of doing this is for two reasons. The first is because we can turn this thing into a totally ordered set. Specifically, we can let $-\infty\le a\le \infty$ for each $a\in\overline{\mathbb{R}}$ which means that via this order topology each subset has an infimum and supremum and $\overline{\mathbb{R}}$ is therefore compact. While this is nice from an analytic standpoint, extending the reals in this way can allow for interesting arithmetic! In $\overline{\mathbb{R}}$ it is perfectly OK to say that,
\begin{align*}
a + \infty = \infty + a & = \infty, & a & \neq -\infty \\
a - \infty = -\infty + a & = -\infty, & a & \neq \infty \\
a \cdot (\pm\infty) = \pm\infty \cdot a & = \pm\infty, & a & \in (0, +\infty] \\
a \cdot (\pm\infty) = \pm\infty \cdot a & = \mp\infty, & a & \in [-\infty, 0) \\
\frac{a}{\pm\infty} & = 0, & a & \in \mathbb{R} \\
\frac{\pm\infty}{a} & = \pm\infty, & a & \in (0, +\infty) \\
\frac{\pm\infty}{a} & = \mp\infty, & a & \in (-\infty, 0).
\end{align*}So addition, multiplication, and division are all defined nicely. However, notice that we have some indeterminate forms here which are also undefined,
\[\infty-\infty,\frac{\pm\infty}{\pm\infty},\frac{\pm\infty}{0},0\cdot \pm\infty.\]So while we define certain things, we also left others undefined/indeterminate in the process! However, in the context of measure theory it is common to define $\infty \times 0=0$ as greenturtle3141 noted below. I encourage to reread what he wrote, it's great stuff! As you may notice, though, dividing by $0$ is undefined still! Is there a place where it isn't? Kind of. To do this, we can extend the complex numbers! More formally, we can define this extension as
\[\mathbb{C}^*=\mathbb{C}\cup\{\tilde{\infty}\}\]which we call the Riemann Sphere (it actually forms a sphere, pretty cool right?). As a note, $\tilde{\infty}$ means complex infinity, since we are in the complex plane now. Here's the catch: division by $0$ is allowed here! In fact, we have
\[\frac{z}{0}=\tilde{\infty},\frac{z}{\tilde{\infty}}=0.\]where $\tilde{\infty}/\tilde{\infty}$ and $0/0$ are left undefined. We also have
\begin{align*}
z+\tilde{\infty}=\tilde{\infty}, \forall z\ne -\infty\\
z\times \tilde{\infty}=\tilde{\infty}, \forall z\ne 0
\end{align*}Furthermore, we actually have some nice properties with multiplication that we didn't have before. In $\mathbb{C}^*$ it holds that
\[\tilde{\infty}\times \tilde{\infty}=\tilde{\infty}\]but $\tilde{\infty}-\tilde{\infty}$ and $0\times \tilde{\infty}$ are left as undefined (unless there is an explicit need to change that somehow). One could define the projectively extended reals as we did with $\mathbb{C}^*$, by defining them as
\[{\widehat {\mathbb {R} }}=\mathbb {R} \cup \{\infty \}.\]They behave in a similar way to the Riemann Sphere, with division by $0$ also being allowed with the same indeterminate forms (in addition to some other ones).
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k i Marathon Threads
LauraZed   0
Jul 2, 2019
Due to excessive spam and inappropriate posts, we have locked the Prealgebra and Beginning Algebra threads.

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k i Basic Forum Rules and Info (Read before posting)
jellymoop   368
N May 16, 2018 by harry1234
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Prove that: $|\int_{0}^{2\pi }x\sin{x}dx|{\leq}\frac{ 2\pi^3  }{3}$
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Sequence interesting problem
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I have a Casio FX-9750GIII

I can't seem to get the equation solver to work, I'm mainly afraid of something similar to Chapter T8 appearing on states.

$y^2=1025-40x$
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Does anyone with the model know how to get the calculator to solve the equation above?

Thanks
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$\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c}Username & Grade & AMC 8 \\ \hline
megahertz13 & 3 & 15 \
\end{tabular}$
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As far as I'm certain, I think all AMC8 scores are already out. Vote above.
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Source 2012 S29:

For how many two-element subsets {a, b} of the set {1, 2, 3, . . . , 36} is the product ab a perfect square?

Does anyone have a quick solution?
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LittleBacat   77
N Today at 11:33 AM by GYRAD0S
I searched up the honor roll number today for Amc8 2025, and it says that (in the AoPS WIKI), https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/AMC_historical_results?srsltid=AfmBOoopyoLrmVTtrMLZRTlATAWrzQzjFDBrN-rg_zhAloy8H5YkhjHb)
-Honor Roll: 19
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I think this is correct! So like idk what did y'all get?
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PLS help me come up with a faster solution to this problem!
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2023 National Sprint Problem 30

Let $M = \frac{9^{40,000}}{9^{200} - 2}$. If $M$ is rounded to the nearest integer and then divided by $100$, what is the remainder?
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Hi Aops,
I was wondering if an intro to algebra book from Aops is needed to take the intro to algebra b course
And would it be better to buy the book and just do it myself or take a course on AOPS for intro to algebra b?
I am aiming for aime and nats next year so what should I do?
is intro to algebra b, intro to c&p, and amc10 course enough or not?
and do intro to algebra b and intro to c&p help with mathcounts and AMC?
thank you!
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GlitchyBoy   14
N Today at 4:05 AM by Leeoz
Hello AOPS community,
Should I take the Mathcounts/AMC8 Advanced course over the summer or the AMC 10 Intermediate course?
I'm a 7th grader who is aiming for DHR AMC 8 and AIME qual next year as well as nats mathcounts, but sillies a lot on some stuff.
Scores:
6th grade (2023-2024 year)
Mathcounts Chapter: 33 (21/12)
Mathcounts State: 19 (11/8)
AMC 8: 12 (idk how this happened)
didn't take AMC 10
7th grade (2024-2025 year, so right now)
Mathcounts Chapter: 28 (36 w/o sillies)
Mathcounts State: a score higher than my chapter score (I cant reveal exact until April)
AMC 8: 16 (the problems were randomized cuz online)
AMC 10A: 42 (guessed too much)
AMC 10B: 58.5 (:facepalm:)
In practice AMC 8's I consistently get around 20-22, and on mock AMC 10's I get around 9-12 problems correct (so about low-mid 80s). In mock state Mathcounts I get 26-28s. Several people in my state have said I have a free nats qual next year due to all the competition graduating, but I am aiming for 34+ on state next year for insurance and to see how far I can go. I also hope to get DHR AMC 8 in 2026 and AIME, but not sure whether to take the AMC 8 advanced or AMC 10 course. Should I retake AMC 8 advanced (i took it last summer) to get really good basics or take AMC 10 course, and will the AMC 10 course help me get DHR amc8?
Thank you for your help, its greatly appreciated
please respond I'm begging.
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Integration Bee Kaizo
Calcul8er   40
N Today at 7:07 AM by Figaro
Hey integration fans. I decided to collate some of my favourite and most evil integrals I've written into one big integration bee problem set. I've been entering integration bees since 2017 and I've been really getting hands on with the writing side of things over the last couple of years. I hope you'll enjoy!
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Hey integration fans. I decided to collate some of my favourite and most evil integrals I've written into one big integration bee problem set. I've been entering integration bees since 2017 and I've been really getting hands on with the writing side of things over the last couple of years. I hope you'll enjoy!
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Nice problems! Just one for today:

QR.16.
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$I=\int \frac{\sin 4x}{4+\sin^{4}x}\ dx=\frac{1}{4}\int \frac{2\sin 2x\cos 2x}{1+(\frac{\sin^{2}x}{2})^{2}}\ dx$.
Substitution: $\frac{\sin^{2}x}{2}=t$, then $\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2\sin x\cos w\ dx=dt$ or $\frac{1}{2}\sin 2x\ dx=dt$,
$I=\int \frac{1-4t}{1+t^{2}}\ dt=\arctan t-2\ln(1+t^{2}) + C=\arctan \frac{\sin^{2}x}{2}-2\ln(1+\frac{\sin^{4}x}{4}) + C$.
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$I=\int_{-\frac{1}{3}}^{\frac{1}{3}} \cot(3 \arccos x)\ dx=0$, because $\cot(3 \arccos x)$ is an odd function.
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$I=\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \left\lfloor \frac{3}{x^{2}+1} \right\rfloor \ dx=\int_{-\sqrt{2}}^{-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}} 1 \ dx+\int_{-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}^{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}} 2 \ dx+\int_{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}^{\sqrt{2}} 1 \ dx=3\sqrt{2}$.
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$I=\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{x\sqrt{x\sqrt{x\sqrt{x}}}-x^{2}}} \ dx$.
Substitution: $\sqrt{x}=t$ or $x=t^{2}$, then $dx=2t\ dt$ and
$I=\int \frac{2}{\sqrt{t\sqrt{t\sqrt{t}}-t^{2}}} \ dt$.
$I=\int \frac{4}{\sqrt{s\sqrt{s}-s^{2}}} \ ds$.

$I=\int \frac{8}{\sqrt{u-u^{2}}} \ du=8\arcsin(2u-1)+C$.
$I=8\arcsin(2\sqrt{s}-1)+C=8\arcsin(2\sqrt[4]{t}-1)+C=8\arcsin(2\sqrt[8]{x}-1)+C$.
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$I=\int_{0}^{1} e^{\arcsin x} \cdot \ln(x+\sqrt{1-x^{2}})\ dx$.
Substitution: $x=\sin t$, then $dx=\cos t\ dt$ and
$I=\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} e^{t} \cdot \ln(\sin t+\cos t) \cdot \cos t\ dx=\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} e^{t}\cos t \cdot \ln(\sin t+\cos t)\ dt$.

$I=\left[e^{t}\frac{\sin t+\cos t}{2} \cdot \ln(\sin t+\cos t)\right]_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} e^{t}(\sin t+\cos t) \cdot \frac{\cos t-\sin t}{\sin t+\cos t}\ dt$.
$I=\left[e^{t}\frac{\sin t+\cos t}{2} \cdot \ln(\sin t+\cos t)\right]_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} e^{t}(\cos t-\sin t)\ dt$.
$I=\left[e^{t}\frac{\sin t+\cos t}{2} \cdot \ln(\sin t+\cos t)-\frac{1}{2}e^{t}\cos t \right]_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}=\frac{1}{2}$.
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$I=\int (\tan x-\cot x)^{3} \cdot (\tan x+\cot x)^{2} \ dx$.
Substitution: $\tan x+\cot x =t$, then $(\frac{1}{\cos^{2}x}-\frac{1}{\sin^{2}x})\ dx=dt$ or $(\tan^{2}x-\cot^{2}x)\ dx=dt$,
$(\tan x+\cot x)^{2}=t^{2} \Rightarrow \tan^{2}x+\cot^{2}x=t^{2}-2$.

$I=\int (\tan x-\cot x)^{2}(\tan x+\cot x) \cdot (\tan^{2}x-\cot^{2}x) \ dx=\int (t^{2}-4)t \ dt$.
$I=\frac{t^{4}}{4}-2t^{2}+C=\frac{1}{4}(\tan x+\cot x)^{4}-2(\tan x+\cot x)^{2}+C=\frac{1}{4}(\tan^{4}x+\cot^{4}x)-(\tan^{2}x+\cot^{2}x)+C$.
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$I=\int \sqrt{\frac{3^{2}+2^{x}}{3^{x}-2^{x}}}\ dx=\int \sqrt{\frac{1+(\frac{2}{3})^{x}}{1-(\frac{3}{2})^{x}}}\ dx=\int \sqrt{\frac{1+a^{x}}{1-a^{x}}}\ dx$.

$I=\int \frac{1+a^{x}}{\sqrt{1-a^{2x}}}\ dx=\int \frac{a^{x}}{\sqrt{1-a^{2x}}}\ dx+\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-a^{2x}}}\ dx$.
$I=\frac{1}{\ln a}\arcsin a^{x}+\frac{1}{\ln a}\ln \frac{\sqrt{1-a^{2x}}-1}{a^{x}} + C$.
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Lobachevsky Trick: $$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{\sin(x)}{x} \cdot \sin^{2024}(x)dx = \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\sin^{2024}(x)dx$$By Wallis' Trick:
$$\frac{\pi}{2}\times \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{3}{4} \times ... \times \frac{2023}{2024} =\boxed{ \frac{\pi}{2} \times \frac{2023!!}{2024!!}}$$
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$I=\int \frac{(x^{2}-1)\ln(x^{2}-1)}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$J=\int \frac{x^{2}-1}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx=\int x \cdot \frac{x}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx-\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$J=-x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}+\int \sqrt{2-x^{2}}\ dx-\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$J=-x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}+\int \frac{2-x^{2}-1}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$J=-x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}+\int \frac{1-x^{2}}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$2J=-x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}$ and $J=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\int \frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \frac{2x}{x^{2}-1}\ dx$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\int \frac{x^{2}\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}{x^{2}-1}\ dx$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\int \frac{x^{2}(2-x^{2})}{(x^{2}-1)\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.

$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)-\int \frac{x^{4}-2x^{2}+1-1}{(x^{2}-1)\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)-\int \frac{x^{2}-1}{\sqrt{2-x^{2}}}\ dx+\int \frac{1}{(x^{2}-1)\sqrt{(2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}+\int \frac{1}{(x^{2}-1)\sqrt{(2-x^{2}}}\ dx$.

Last integral, substitution: $\sqrt{2}-x=t^{2}(\sqrt{2}+x)$, then $x=\frac{\sqrt{2}(1-t^{2})}{1+t^{2}}$ and
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}-2\int \frac{t^{2}+1}{t^{4}-6t^{2}+1}\ dt$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}+\frac{1}{2}\ln \frac{t^{2}+2t-1}{t^{2}-2t-1} + C$.
$I=-\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}} \cdot \ln(x^{2}-1)+\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}+\frac{1}{2}\ln \frac{x\sqrt{2-x^{2}}-1}{x^{2}-1} + C$.
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Is that correct? :
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{\lfloor n^{2025} x \rfloor - (n-1) \left( \lfloor nx \rfloor + \lfloor n^2 x \rfloor + \cdots + \lfloor n^{2024} x \rfloor \right)}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{n^{2025} x - \{n^{2025} x\} - (n-1) \sum_{k=1}^{2024} (n^k x - \{n^k x\})}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{n^{2025} x - \{n^{2025} x\} - (n-1) \left( x \cdot \frac{n^{2025} - n}{n - 1} - \sum_{k=1}^{2024} \{n^k x\} \right)}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{n^{2025} x - \{n^{2025} x\} - x(n^{2025} - n) + (n-1) \sum_{k=1}^{2024} \{n^k x\}}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ - \frac{\{n^{2025} x\}}{n} + x + \frac{n-1}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{2024} \{n^k x\} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ -\frac{1}{n} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{n-1}{n} \cdot 2024 \cdot \frac{1}{2} \right]$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ -\frac{1}{2n} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{2024n - 2024}{2n} \right]$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ \frac{1}{2} + 1012 - \frac{1 + 2024}{2n} \right]$$
$$= \frac{1}{2} + 1012 = \frac{2025}{2}$$
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$I=\int (1+\ln x)^{2} \cdot \arctan(\ln x)\ dx$.
$J=\int (1+\ln x)^{2}\ dx=x \cdot (1+\ln x)^{2}-2\int (1+\ln x)\ dx=x \cdot (1+\ln x)^{2}-2x \cdot (1+\ln x)+2\int \ dx=x(1+\ln^{2}x)$.
$I=x(1+\ln^{2}x) \cdot \arctan(\ln x)-\int x(1+\ln^{2}x) \cdot \frac{1}{1+\ln^{2}x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\ dx$.
$I=x(1+\ln^{2}x) \cdot \arctan(\ln x)-x + C$.
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Is that correct? :
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{\lfloor n^{2025} x \rfloor - (n-1) \left( \lfloor nx \rfloor + \lfloor n^2 x \rfloor + \cdots + \lfloor n^{2024} x \rfloor \right)}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{n^{2025} x - \{n^{2025} x\} - (n-1) \sum_{k=1}^{2024} (n^k x - \{n^k x\})}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{n^{2025} x - \{n^{2025} x\} - (n-1) \left( x \cdot \frac{n^{2025} - n}{n - 1} - \sum_{k=1}^{2024} \{n^k x\} \right)}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ \frac{n^{2025} x - \{n^{2025} x\} - x(n^{2025} - n) + (n-1) \sum_{k=1}^{2024} \{n^k x\}}{n} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \int_{0}^{1} \left[ - \frac{\{n^{2025} x\}}{n} + x + \frac{n-1}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{2024} \{n^k x\} \right] dx$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ -\frac{1}{n} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{n-1}{n} \cdot 2024 \cdot \frac{1}{2} \right]$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ -\frac{1}{2n} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{2024n - 2024}{2n} \right]$$
$$= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ \frac{1}{2} + 1012 - \frac{1 + 2024}{2n} \right]$$
$$= \frac{1}{2} + 1012 = \frac{2025}{2}$$

You’re not far off! There should be a big floor function around the entire integrand. I’m not sure how much that will change your solution though
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$I=\int_{0}^{1} \arcsin \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{1-x}}}\ dx$.
Substitution: $x=1-t$, then $I=\int_{0}^{1} \arcsin \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{1-t}}{\sqrt{1-t}+\sqrt{t}}}\ dt$.
Adding:
$2I=\int_{0}^{1} \left[\arcsin \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{1-x}}}+\arcsin \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{1-x}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{1-x}}}\right]\ dx$.
$2I=\int_{0}^{1} \frac{\pi}{2}\ dx \Rightarrow I=\frac{\pi}{4}$.
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$$\int_0^1 \min_{n \in \mathbb{Z}^+} |nx -1| \,dx = \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \int_{\frac{1}{k+1}}^{\frac{1}{k}} |kx-1| \,dx$$
$$= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \int_{\frac{1}{k+1}}^{\frac{1}{k}} (1-kx) \,dx$$
$$= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \left[x - \frac{kx^2}{2}\right]_{\frac{1}{k+1}}^{\frac{1}{k}}$$
$$= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \left(\left(\frac{1}{k} - \frac{k}{2k^2}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{k+1} - \frac{k}{2(k+1)^2}\right)\right)$$
$$= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \left(\frac{1}{k} - \frac{1}{2k} - \frac{1}{k+1} + \frac{k}{2(k+1)^2}\right)$$
$$= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2k(k+1)^2}$$
$$\frac{1}{2k(k+1)^2} = \frac{1}{2k} - \frac{1}{2(k+1)} - \frac{1}{2(k+1)^2}$$
$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2k(k+1)^2} = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{\pi^2}{6} - 1\right)$$
$$= 1 - \frac{\pi^2}{12}$$
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$I=\int \frac{1}{1+(1-\frac{1}{x})\tan x}\ dx=\int \frac{x\cos x}{x\cos x+(x-1)\sin x}\ dx$.

Calculating: $\left[x\cos x+(x-1)\sin x\right]'\ =\ (1-x)\sin x+x\cos x$,
so $\left[x\cos x+(x-1)\sin x\right]\ +\ (1-x)\sin x+x\cos x=2x\cos x$.

$I=\frac{1}{2}\left[x+\ln(x\cos x+(x-1)\sin x)\ \right] + C$.
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$I=\int_{0}^{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}} \sqrt{\frac{x^{2}+\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}{x^{4}+1}}\ dx$.

Substitution: $x^{2}+\sqrt{x^{4}+1}=t$, then $\sqrt{x^{4}+1}=t-x^{2}$ and $x^{4}+1=t^{2}-2x^{2}t+x^{4} \Rightarrow x^{2}=\frac{r^{2}-1}{2t}$,
differentiating $(2x+\frac{2x^{3}}{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}})\ dx=dt \Rightarrow 2x \cdot \frac{x^{2}+\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}\ dx=dt \Rightarrow dx=\frac{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}{2xt}\ dt$.

$I=\int_{1}^{2} \frac{\sqrt{t}}{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}{2xt}\ dt=\int_{1}^{2} \frac{\sqrt{t}}{2t \cdot \sqrt{\frac{t^{2}-1}{2t}}}\ dt$.
$I=\sqrt{2}\int_{1}^{2} \frac{1}{\sqrt{t^{2}-1}}\ dt=\sqrt{2}\left[\ln(t+\sqrt{t^{2}-1}\right]_{1}^{2}=\sqrt{2}\ln(2+\sqrt{3})$.
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$I=\int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{(x+2)\sqrt[3]{x^{2}-x^{3}}} \ dx=\int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{(x+2)\sqrt[3]{x^{2}(1-x)}} \ dx$.
$J=\int \frac{1}{(x+2)\sqrt[3]{x^{2}(1-x)}} \ dx$.
Substitution: $t=\frac{1-x}{x}$ or $x=\frac{1}{t+1}$, then
$J=\int \frac{-1}{(t+1)\sqrt[3]{t}} \ dt$.

New substitution: $t=z^{3}$, then
$J=\int \frac{-3z}{z^{3}+2}\ dz=\int \frac{-3z}{(z+\sqrt[3]{2})(z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4})}\ dz$,
$J=\int \left[-\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}z+2}{2(z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4})}+\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2(z+\sqrt[3]{2})}\right]\ dz$.
$J=-\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2}\int \frac{z+\sqrt[3]{2}}{z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4}}\ dx+\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2}\ln(z+\sqrt[3]{2})$.

$J=-\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2}\int \frac{\frac{1}{2}(2z-\sqrt[3]{2})+\frac{3\sqrt[3]{2}}{2}}{z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4}}\ dx+\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2}\ln(z+\sqrt[3]{2})$.
$J=-\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{4}\ln(z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4})-\frac{3}{2}\int \frac{1}{z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4}}\ dx+\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2}\ln(z+\sqrt[3]{2})$.
$J=-\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{4}\ln(z^{2}-\sqrt[3]{2}z+\sqrt[3]{4})-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt[3]{2}}\arctan(\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}z-1}{\sqrt{3}})+\frac{\sqrt[3]{4}}{2}\ln(z+\sqrt[3]{2})$.
$I=\int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{(x+2)\sqrt[3]{x^{2}-x^{3}}} \ dx=\frac{\sqrt{3}\cdot \sqrt[3]{4} \cdot \pi}{3}$.
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$I=\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \mbox{sech}^{100}x\ dx=\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} (\frac{2e^{x}}{e^{2x}+1})^{100}\ dx$.

$J=2^{99}\int \frac{2e^{2x}}{(e^{2x}+1)^{100}} \cdot e^{98x}\ dx$.
$J=2^{99}\left[-\frac{1}{99(e^{2x}+1)^{99}} \cdot e^{98x}+\int \frac{1}{99(e^{2x}+1)^{99}} \cdot 98e^{98x}\ dx\right]$.
$J=\frac{2^{99}}{99}\left[-\frac{e^{98x}}{(e^{2x}+1)^{99}} +98\int \frac{e^{98x}}{(e^{2x}+1)^{99}}\ dx\right]$.
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$I=\int e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}\ dx$.

We calculate: $\left[e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}\right]'=e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}\left[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\tan \sqrt{x}+\frac{1}{\cos^{2}\sqrt{x}}\right]$,
so $\cos^{2}\sqrt{x} \cdot \left[e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}\right]'=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\sin \sqrt{x}\cos \sqrt{x} \cdot e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}+e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}$,
$\cos^{2}\sqrt{x} \cdot \left[e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}\right]'-\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\sin \sqrt{x}\cos \sqrt{x} \cdot e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}=e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}$,
$\cos^{2}\sqrt{x} \cdot \left[e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}\right]'+\left[\cos^{2}\sqrt{x}\right]' \cdot e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}=e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}}$.

$I=\cos^{2}\sqrt{x} \cdot e^{2\sqrt{x}\tan \sqrt{x}} + C$.
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This integral in Gradshteyn-Ryzhyk, formula 4.511: $\int_{0}^{\infty} \cot^{-1}(px) \cdot \cot^{-1}(qx)\ dx=\frac{\pi}{2}\left[\frac{1}{p}\ln(1+\frac{p}{q})+\frac{1}{q}\ln(1+\frac{q}{p})\right]$.
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Quarter 14

This integral in Gradshteyn-Ryzhyk, formula 4.511: $\int_{0}^{\infty} \cot^{-1}(px) \cdot \cot^{-1}(qx)\ dx=\frac{\pi}{2}\left[\frac{1}{p}\ln(1+\frac{p}{q})+\frac{1}{q}\ln(1+\frac{q}{p})\right]$.

Do you wanna prove this result? It’s a little anticlimactic to just announce the general result
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If it's Tuesday, this must be integration bee:

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Consider $I = \int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{\cos(x) \cos \sqrt{x^2+2}}{x^2+1} \mathrm dx$. We use product to sum to get this into a nicer form, and then note that the two functions produced by that product to sum are symmetric. Therefore, we are left to evaluate $I = \int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{cos(x+\sqrt{x^2+2})}{x^2+1} \mathrm dx$. We convert this into the real part of $\int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{e^{i(x+\sqrt{x^2+2})}}{x^2+1} \mathrm dx$.

We now define the function $f(z) = e^{i(z+\sqrt{z^2+2})}{z^2+1}, $ where the sqrt is def w/ branch cut s.t. $\sqrt{x^2+2} > 0$ and $\sqrt{z^2+2} ~ z$ for large $z$.

We integrate $f(z)$ over a closed contour $\Gamma$ consisting of the real axis from $-R$ to $R$ and the large semicircular arc $C_R$ in the upper half-plane. For large $z$, we have that the exponential factor becomes $e^{2iz} = e^{2i R\cos \theta - 2R \sin \theta}$ which vanishes as $R \rightarrow \infty$.

Consider that the denominator has $2$ simple poles at $i$ and $-i$. We compute the residue at $z = i,$ and choose the positive root. This residue turns out to be $\frac{e^{-1+i}}{2i}$. The residue theorem gives $\pi \cdot e^{i-1}, $ and taking the real part gives $\boxed{\frac{\pi}{e} cos(1)}$.
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awzhang10 wrote:
SF 8:
\[
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos x \cdot \cos\left(\sqrt{x^2 + 2}\right)}{x^2 + 1} \, dx
\]Consider the function:

\[
f(z) = \frac{\cos z \cdot \cos\left(\sqrt{z^2 + 2}\right)}{z^2 + 1}.
\]
We integrate \( f(z) \) over a semicircular contour in the upper half-plane, consisting of:
1. The real axis from \( -R \) to \( R \), and
2. The semicircular arc \( C_R \) of radius \( R \) in the upper half-plane.

By the residue theorem:

\[
\oint_{\text{Contour}} f(z) \, dz = 2\pi i \cdot \text{Res}(f, i),
\]
where \( z = i \) is the only pole of \( f(z) \) in the upper half-plane.

The residue at \( z = i \) is:

\[
\text{Res}(f, i) = \lim_{z \to i} (z - i) f(z).
\]
Substitute \( z = i \) into \( f(z) \):

\[
f(i) = \frac{\cos i \cdot \cos\left(\sqrt{i^2 + 2}\right)}{i^2 + 1}.
\]
Thus:

\[
\text{Res}(f, i) = \frac{\cosh 1 \cdot \cos 1}{2i}.
\]
The residue theorem gives:

\[
\oint_{\text{Contour}} f(z) \, dz = 2\pi i \cdot \text{Res}(f, i) = 2\pi i \cdot \frac{\cosh 1 \cdot \cos 1}{2i} = \pi \cosh 1 \cos 1.
\]

As \( R \to \infty \), the integral over the semicircular arc \( C_R \) vanishes because:

\[
|f(z)| \leq \frac{M}{R^2}
\]
for some constant \( M \), and the length of \( C_R \) is \( \pi R \). Thus:

\[
\left| \int_{C_R} f(z) \, dz \right| \leq \frac{M\pi}{R} \to 0 \quad \text{as} \quad R \to \infty.
\]
The integral over the real line is equal to the residue contribution:

\[
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x) \, dx = \pi \cosh 1 \cos 1.
\]

$\sqrt{z^2+2}$ will have branch cuts in the complex plane. Also, $|\cos(z)\cos(\sqrt{z^2+2})|$ isn't bounded along the semi circular arc, it can grow arbitrarily large.
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Gomez, Morticia and...:

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