Limit of Integral Evaluation: Tips and Tricks

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The discussion revolves around evaluating the limit of an integral involving a sine function and a rational expression as \( n \) approaches infinity. The subject area includes calculus, specifically the evaluation of limits and integrals.

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  • Exploratory, Mathematical reasoning, Assumption checking

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  • Participants explore different methods for evaluating the limit of the integral, including the application of L'Hôpital's rule and the interchange of differentiation and integration. There are also suggestions to simplify the sine function's expression for easier evaluation.

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The discussion includes various approaches to the problem, with participants offering different techniques and considerations. There is no explicit consensus, but several productive lines of reasoning have been presented.

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Participants are working under the constraints of evaluating a limit involving an improper integral, and there are discussions about the validity of interchanging limits and integrals.

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How would I go about evaluating something like this?

[tex] \[<br /> \lim_{n\to+\infty} n \int_0^{+\infty} \dfrac{\sin\left(\dfrac{x}{n}\right)}{x(1+x^2)}\, dx<br /> \][/tex]
 
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Let I(n) be the definite integral.

Rewrite your expression as :
[tex]\frac{I(n)}{\frac{1}{n}}[/tex]

Note that you can use l'hospital's rule here, and that you may interchange the operation of differentiation with respect to "n" and integration with respect to "x".
 
Another way might be to write:
[tex]\sin(\frac{x}{n})=\frac{x}{n}++++[/tex]

Inserting, and simplifying, the limit will be the same as the above.
 
[tex]\frac{ n \sin\left(\frac{x}{n}\right)}{x(1+x^2)} \rightarrow \frac{1}{1+x^2}[/tex] uniformly, so we can bring everything inside the integral.
 
Thanks everyone!
 

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