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Considering $$ \int_1^\infty\frac{\arctan(9x)}{1+9x^3}\:dx $$

I am trying to show convergence but looking to use Dirichlet's test and wanted to see if we can do it this way.

Are we supposed to show Acrtan(u) is bounded or THE ABSOLUTE Value of arctan(u) is bounded?

Also, looking for Dirichlet test, not comparision test

Olivier Oloa
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mary
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Method 1.

One may recall that, $$ |\arctan u|\leq \frac{\pi}2, \quad u \in \mathbb{R}, $$ giving $$ \left|\int_1^\infty\frac{\arctan(9x)}{1+9x^3}\:dx\right|\leq \frac{\pi}2\int_1^\infty\frac1{1+9x^3}\:dx\leq \frac{\pi}{18}\int_1^\infty\frac{dx}{x^3}<\infty, $$ the given integral is thus convergent.

Method 2. Dirichlet's test for integrals.

We may write the given integrand as $$ \frac{\arctan(9x)}{1+9x^3}=\frac{\arctan(9x)}{x^2}\times\frac{x^2}{1+9x^3}. $$ One has $$ \left|\int_a^b\frac{\arctan (9x)}{x^2} \:dx\right|\leq \frac{\pi}{2}\left|\int_a^b\frac{1}{x^2} \:dx\right|\leq \pi, \quad b\geq a\geq1, $$ and one has $$ x \mapsto \frac{x^2}{1+9x^3} $$ decreasing over $[1,\infty)$, tending to $0$ as $x \to \infty$. The given integral is thus convergent.

Olivier Oloa
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  • I got to this part, but for the dirichlet test, we need to prove INTEGRAL of arctan(u) is bounded not just the absolute value of arctan(u)? – mary May 16 '16 at 18:23
  • @mary I'm not applying the Dirichlet test, rather the comparison test. – Olivier Oloa May 16 '16 at 18:25
  • @Oliver, could you do it using the dirichlet test? That's what I'm looking for – mary May 16 '16 at 18:26
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$\arctan(x)$ is positive and bounded by $\frac{\pi}{2}$ on $\mathbb{R}^+$, hence the integral is trivially convergent.

We may notice that: $$ \int_{1}^{+\infty}\frac{\arctan(9x)}{1+9x^3}\,dx = \int_{0}^{1}\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}-\arctan\frac{x}{9}}{x^2+\frac{9}{x}}\,dx $$ where $\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x}{x^3+9}\,dx $ can be computed from partial fraction decomposition, as well as: $$ I(\alpha) = \int_{0}^{1}\frac{x^2\,dx}{(x^3+9)(\alpha^2+x^2)}.$$ By differentiation under the integral sign, to compute the given integral it is enough to compute $\int_{0}^{1/9}I(\alpha)\,d\alpha$.

Jack D'Aurizio
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