Bringing limit under indefinite integral

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Homework Statement



Given:[itex]lim_{n\rightarrow ∞}[/itex] [itex]\int^{a^n}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{t^{1/n}}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt=[itex]\int^{∞}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{1}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt

a - Natural number.

I need to prove that I can bring limit under the integral sign.

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The Attempt at a Solution


I've got this so far:
| [itex]\int^{a^n}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{t^{1/n}}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt-[itex]\int^{∞}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{1}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt|[itex]\stackrel{?}{\rightarrow}[/itex] 0 while n→∞

| [itex]\int^{a^n}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{t^{1/n}}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt-[itex]\int^{∞}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{1}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt|= [did everything I could and wound up with following]=|[itex]\int^{a^n}_{1}[/itex] [itex]\frac{t^{1/n}-1}{(1+t)t}[/itex] dt|

Now I need to either find a function g(t) so f(t)≤g(t) and [itex]\int^{a^n}_{1}[/itex] g(t) dt →0. This is basically the place where I'm stuck and need your help.

p.s. I meant definite integral in the caption.
 
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How do you take the limit as x goes to infinity of an expression made up of a,n and t?
Still, using the fundamental theorem of calculus will help here.
 
Millennial said:
How do you take the limit as x goes to infinity of an expression made up of a,n and t?
Still, using the fundamental theorem of calculus will help here.

Oh, I new I had made some mistakes writing the post. It was meant to be n -> infinity.

And I can't see how can the fundamental theorem of calculus help.
 
In general, let's take the functions f(x,n), a(x,n) and b(x,n), and write this:
[tex]\int_{a(x,n)}^{b(x,n)}f(x,n)dx[/tex]
If F is the antiderivative of f, then we obtain this is equal to
[tex]F(b(x,n),n)-F(a(x,n),n)[/tex]
Now, taking a(x,n)=1, we have
[tex]F(b(x,n),n)-F(1,n)[/tex]

It shouldn't be hard from there.