Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Integrals - 4.2 The Definite Integral - 4.2 Exercises - Page 319: 74

Answer

$\int_{0}^{1}\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}dx$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{n} \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{1+(\frac{i}{n})^{2}}$ Since $\frac{1}{n} $ does not depend on $i$, move $\frac{1}{n} $ inside the sum because it is a constant: $\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{1+(\frac{i}{n})^{2}}$ $\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{1+(0+i\cdot \frac{1}{n})^{2}}$ $\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1-0}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{1+(0+i\cdot \frac{1-0}{n})^{2}}$ Put $\Delta x=\frac{1-0}{n}$ and $x_{i}=0+i\cdot \frac{1-0}{n}$ Using theorem $4$ it follows that: $\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1-0}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{1+(0+i\cdot \frac{1-0}{n})^{2}} =\int_{0}^{1}\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}dx$
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