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Putnam 1995 A2

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June 29, 2014
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Problem Statement

For what pairs of positive real numbers (a,b)(a,b) does the improper integral (1)(1) converge? \begin{align}\int_{b}^{\infty}\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{x+a}-\sqrt{x}}-\sqrt{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x-b}}\right)\,\mathrm{d}x \end{align}