How Can Divergent Integrals Be Handled with Ramanujan Summation?

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Are there any method to deal with divergent integrals in the form

[tex]\int_{0}^{\infty}dx \frac{x^{3}}{x+1}[/tex] [tex]\int_{0}^{\infty}dx \frac{x}{(x+1)^{1/2}}[/tex] ?

in the same sense there are methods to give finite results to divergent series as 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+... or 1-4+9-16+25 or similar
 
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HallsofIvy said:
WHAT methods give finite results to 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+... and 1-4+9-16+25 ?

I've heard the term Ramanujan summation tossed about in regards to this, but I don't really know anything about it.