Today's calculation of Integral 527
Source: 2007 Osaka University of Education entrance exam
January 10, 2010
calculusintegrationcalculus computations
Problem Statement
Let be positive integers and be real numbers.
Prove the following equations.
(1) \int_{\alpha}^{\beta} (x \minus{} \alpha)(x \minus{} \beta)\ dx \equal{} \minus{} \frac 16 (\beta \minus{} \alpha)^3
(2) \int_{\alpha}^{\beta} (x \minus{} \alpha)^n(x \minus{} \beta)\ dx \equal{} \minus{} \frac {n!}{(n \plus{} 2)!}(\beta \minus{} \alpha)^{n \plus{} 2}
(3) \int_{\alpha}^{\beta} (x \minus{} \alpha)^n(x \minus{} \beta)^mdx \equal{} ( \minus{} 1)^{m}\frac {n!m!}{(n \plus{} m \plus{} 1)!}(\beta \minus{} \alpha)^{n \plus{} m \plus{} 1}