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Μάθημα 19: Improper integralsImproper integrals review
Review your knowledge of improper integrals.
What are improper integrals?
Improper integrals are definite integrals that cover an unbounded area.
One type of improper integrals are integrals where at least one of the endpoints is extended to infinity. For example, is an improper integral. It can be viewed as the limit .
Another type of improper integrals are integrals whose endpoints are finite, but the integrated function is unbounded at one (or two) of the endpoints. For example, is an improper integral. It can be viewed as the limit .
An unbounded area that isn't infinite?! Is that for real?! Well, yeah! Not all improper integrals have a finite value, but some of them definitely do. When the limit exists we say the integral is convergent, and when it doesn't we say it's divergent.
Want to learn more about improper integrals? Check out this video.
Practice set 1: Evaluating improper integrals with unbounded endpoints
Let's evaluate, for example, the improper integral . As mentioned above, it's useful to view this integral as the limit . We can use the fundamental theorem of calculus to find an expression for the integral:
Now we got rid of the integral and we have a limit to find:
Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.
Practice set 2: Evaluating improper integrals with unbounded function
Let's evaluate, for example, the improper integral . As mentioned above, it's useful to view this integral as the limit . Again, we use the fundamental theorem of calculus to find an expression for the integral:
Now we got rid of the integral and we have a limit to find:
Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.
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