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: 35

Answer

$$ \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x e^{-x^{2}} d x $$ The given improper integral $$ \begin{aligned} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x e^{-x^{2}} d x=0 \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x e^{-x^{2}} d x $$ The given improper integral $$ \begin{aligned} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x e^{-x^{2}} d x&=\lim _{a \rightarrow-\infty}\left(-\frac{1}{2} \int_{a}^{0}-2 x e^{-x^{2}} d x\right)+ \\ &+\lim _{b \rightarrow \infty}\left(-\frac{1}{2} \int_{0}^{b}-2 x e^{-x^{2}} d x\right)\\ &=\left.\lim _{a \rightarrow-\infty}\left(-\frac{1}{2} e^{-x^{2}}\right)\right|_{a} ^{0}\\ &\quad+\left.\lim _{b \rightarrow \infty}\left(-\frac{1}{2} e^{-x^{2}}\right)\right|_{0} ^{b}\\ &=\lim _{a \rightarrow -\infty}\left(-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2 e^{a^{2}}}\right)\\ &\quad+\lim _{b \rightarrow \infty}\left(-\frac{1}{2 e^{b^{2}}}+\frac{1}{2}\right) \\ &=-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\\ &=0 \end{aligned} $$
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