A limit of an integral question

1. Jan 24, 2008

transgalactic

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i know that the integral of 0 to 0 interval equals to 0.

i get 0/0 form

how do i make the derivative of this integral

i know the it should cancel out the integral sign
but there is another variable "t"

what should i do in this
case??

another way that i thought of is
to solve this integral and then solve the limit

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2. Jan 24, 2008

sutupidmath

Yeah just take the derivative of the integral, and the result will be the exact function under the integral sign, but now instead of the variable t, the result should contain the variable x. this is a well known theorem, and it can be proven, but it requres a little work.

So when u take the derivative of the integral on the denominator the result will be
$$ln(1+x^{2})$$

3. Jan 24, 2008

sutupidmath

By the way, you cannot actually solve the integral, because it does not have an elementary function, you just can express in terms of some gamma function, or just find an approximation for it. But there is no close form of it.

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4. Jan 24, 2008

Rainbow Child

Actually this is not true. Integrating by parts you can calulate the integral

$$\int \ln(1+x^2)\,d\,x=x\,\ln(1+x^2)-2\int \frac{x^2}{1+x^2}\,d\,x=x\,\ln(1+x^2)-2\int \frac{1+x^2}{1+x^2}\,d\,x+2\,\int\frac{d\,x}{1+x^2}=x\,\ln(1+x^2)-2\,x+2\,\arctan x$$

But for the OP, you don't have to do this!

5. Jan 24, 2008

sutupidmath

Pardone me! I was thinking of completely something else! Yeah, you are so right, it actually is just an easy thing to do, but i had something else in my mind, i mean another function, when i said that. My bad lol, i appologize for not paying so much attention to things!
Thnx for pointing this out by the way.

6. Jan 24, 2008

Rainbow Child

Do not! That's what makes us humans!

7. Jan 24, 2008

Gib Z

I believe thats a little something called the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus =]

8. Jan 24, 2008

sutupidmath

Well maybe it is, but i am not used with English notation or naming of theorems. But i know how we call it in my native language, and we did not call it The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, i mean even if we translated this into my language.

9. Jan 24, 2008

Gib Z

O sorry my bad! I didn't know english was not your first language. Your english is very good =]

10. Jan 24, 2008

sutupidmath

Well no need to appologize, and thnx for commenting on my English!

11. Jan 25, 2008

transgalactic

12. Jan 25, 2008

Gib Z

That indeed is correct.

13. Jan 25, 2008

transgalactic

thanks

14. Jan 26, 2008

coomast

15. Jan 26, 2008

Gib Z

Do you think they'll ever develop a drug that cures my stupidity? I was specifically checking that for errors and I didn't see that. Sigh

16. Jan 26, 2008

transgalactic

damn chain rule