True/false convergence of integral from 1 to infinity

IntegrateMe
Messages
214
Reaction score
1
Suppose h(x) is a continuous function for x > 0. If \int^∞_1{h(x)dx} converges then for constant 0 < a < 1, \int^∞_1{h(\frac{x}{a})dx} also converges.

The answer is true. Anyone care to explain why? I would have chosen false, because I was thinking that h(x/a) is larger than h(x) so we wouldn't know if it converges or not.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
hint: substitution :wink:
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
Back
Top