Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Further Techniques and Applications of Integration - 8.4 Improper Integrals - 8.4 Exercises - Page 452: 29

Answer

Divergent

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} \text{Let }& I=\int_{-\infty }^{\infty }{\frac{x}{{{x}^{2}}+1}}dx \\ & \text{Therefore} \\ & \int_{-\infty }^{\infty }{\frac{x}{{{x}^{2}}+1}}dx=2\int_{0}^{\infty }{\frac{x}{{{x}^{2}}+1}}dx \\ & =\int_{0}^{\infty }{\frac{2x}{{{x}^{2}}+1}}dx \\ & \text{Integrating} \\ & I=\left[ \ln \left( {{x}^{2}}+1 \right) \right]_{0}^{\infty } \\ & =\left( \infty \right)-0 \\ & =\infty \\ & \text{The improper integral diverges} \\ & \text{Divergent} \\ \end{align}\]
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