Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Department of Mathematical Sciences
MA101 Engineering Mathematics I: Odd Semester 2024-25
Tutorial sheet 8: Riemann integration and improper integral
Exercise 1: A function f is defined as follows:
1 if 1 < x ≤ 1 , n = 0, 1, 2, . . . .
f (x) = 2n 2n+1 2n
0 if x = 0.
Show that the function f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1].
Exercise 2: Let f be a bounded function on [a, b]. Prove that, if there is a partition P of [a, b] such that
L(P, f ) = U (P, f ), then f is a constant function.
Exercise 3: Let f be a bounded function on [a, b] such that |f | is integrable. Is it necessary that f is
integrable?
Z x
Exercise 4: Let f be integrable on [a, b] and g(x) = f (t)dt. Show the following:
a
(a) If f (x) ≥ 0 for all x ∈ [a, b], then g is monotonically increasing.
(b) If f (x) ≤ 0 for all x ∈ [a, b], then g is monotonically decreasing.
Exercise 5: Let f : R → R be a continuous function and λ ∈ R, λ ̸= 0. For x ∈ R, set
1 x
Z
g(x) = f (t) sin(λ(x − t)) dt
λ 0
Show that g ′′ (x) + λ2 g(x) = f (x) for all x ∈ R and g(0) = 0 = g ′ (0).
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Exercise 6: Using Darboux sum concept, compute −1 |x|dx.
Exercise 7: Discuss the Riemann integrability of the following function in [0, 1].
sin(1/x) if x is irrational
f (x) =
0
otherwise
(Hint: Use concept of L(P, f ) and U (P, f ))
Exercise 8: Use the concept of fundamental theorem of calculus, evaluate
Z 1
1 1
2x sin − cos dx.
0 x x
Exercise 9: Discuss the convergence of the following integrals:
Z 2
ln(x)
(i) √ .
0 2−x
Z ∞
(ii) xm−1 e−x .
0
π/2
sinm x
Z
(iii) dx.
0 xn
Z ∞
dx
(iv) .
−∞ (1 + x2 )2
Z ∞
dx
(v) .
e2 x log log x
∞
1 − e−x
Z
Exercise 10: Determine the value of p for which the integral dx converges.
0 xp
Z ∞
Exercise 11: Prove that for p ∈ R, the integral e−t tp dt converges.
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