Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.3 - The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus - 5.3 Exercises - Page 401: 70

Answer

a. the definition of the error function is that $ \operatorname{erf}(x) = \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{x} e^{-t^{2}} d t $ $\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\int_0^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt-\int_0^ae^{-\frac12t^2}dt$ So $\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_0^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt-\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_0^ae^{-\frac12t^2}dt$ $\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\operatorname{erf}(b)-\operatorname{erf}(a)$ So $\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\frac{\sqrt\pi}2[\operatorname{erf}(b)-\operatorname{erf}(a)]$ b. $\begin{aligned} y&=e^{x^2}erf(x)\\ &=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}e^{x^2}\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt \end{aligned}$ $y'=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\left((e^{x^2})'\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt+e^{x^2}(\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt)'\right)$ $y'=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}(2xe^{x^2}\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt+e^{x^2}\cdot e^{-x^2}) $ So $y'=2xe^{x^2}(\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt+1)=2xy+\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}$

Work Step by Step

a. the definition of the error function is that $ \operatorname{erf}(x) = \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{x} e^{-t^{2}} d t $ $\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\int_0^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt-\int_0^ae^{-\frac12t^2}dt$ So $\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_0^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt-\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_0^ae^{-\frac12t^2}dt$ $\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\operatorname{erf}(b)-\operatorname{erf}(a)$ So $\int_a^be^{-\frac12t^2}dt=\frac{\sqrt\pi}2[\operatorname{erf}(b)-\operatorname{erf}(a)]$ b. $\begin{aligned} y&=e^{x^2}erf(x)\\ &=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}e^{x^2}\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt \end{aligned}$ $y'=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\left((e^{x^2})'\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt+e^{x^2}(\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt)'\right)$ $y'=\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}(2xe^{x^2}\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt+e^{x^2}\cdot e^{-x^2}) $ So $y'=2xe^{x^2}(\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}\int_0^xe^{-t^2}dt+1)=2xy+\frac{2}{\sqrt\pi}$
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