Question #5f011

1 Answer
Oct 11, 2016

The integral does not converge for those limits.

Explanation:

#int_(-oo)^oo(t^2dt)/(1 + t^2)# does not converge. It is easy to establish that. Note that #t^2/(1 + t^2) gt 0# for #t ne 0# (it is an even function) and mainly, #lim_(t->oo)t^2/(1 + t^2)=1#

There is a #t_0# such that for #t > t_0->t^2/(1+t^2) > 1/2# for instance #t_0 = 1# so considering #T > t_0#

#int_(-T)^T(t^2dt)/(1 + t^2) = 2int_0^1(t^2dt)/(1 + t^2)+2int_1^T(t^2dt)/(1 + t^2) ge C_0+2/2(T-1)#

with

#C_0=2int_0^1(t^2dt)/(1 + t^2)#.

Finally

#lim_(T->oo)int_(-T)^T(t^2dt)/(1 + t^2) ge C_0-lim_(T->oo)(T-1) = oo#