Exercise 1:

Z ∞ Z ∞
x dx
1) 2 2
dx converges by the LCT/DCT with
0 (x + 1) + 1 0 x3
Z ∞
5x2 + 2x + 1 5x2 + 2x + 1 5
2) 2
dx diverges by the TFD, since lim 2
= ̸= 0
3 3x + 10x + 12 x→∞ 3x + 10x + 22 3
Z ∞√ √
x+5 x+5
3) √3
dx diverges by the TFD, since lim √ 3
=∞= ̸ 0
5 x+5 x→∞ x+5
Z ∞ Z ∞
2x2 + 5x + 3 dx
4) √ dx converges by the LCT with
1
4
x +2 x+1 1 x2
Z ∞ √ √
2x + x3 + 4 2x + x3 + 4
5) √ diverges by the TFD, since lim √ =∞= ̸ 0
1 5 x2 + 3 x→∞ 5 x2 + 3
Z ∞ 3 Z ∞
3x + 2x2 + x + 1 dx
6) √3
diverges by the LCT with √
0
10
12x + 20 1 x
Z ∞ p 2 Z ∞
x + 2x dx
7) Since p > 2 and 2p > 3, then 2p 3
dx will behave like (LCT) , which
3 x +x +1 3 xp
will converge, again since p > 2
Z ∞ Z ∞
tan−1 (x2 ) π
8) 3
dx will converge by the DCT with dx
2 2x + 1 2 x3
Z ∞ Z ∞
2 + sin(x) dx
9) 2
dx will converge by the DCT with
1 x +1 1 x2
Z ∞ Z ∞
dx dx
10) 2 ln(x)
will converge with the DCT with
2 x e x2
Z ∞ Z a Z ∞ Z a Z ∞
x 5 x3 dx
11) ∃ a ∈ R, such that ∀ x ≥ a, e + 1 > x =⇒ x+1
dx = + ≤ +
1 e 1 a 1 a x2
Z ∞ 
x3 x3
  
12) ln x dx diverges by the TFD, since lim ln x = −∞ = ̸ 0
4 e +1 x→∞ e +1
Z −2 Z ∞ Z ∞
dx dx dx
13) = diverges by the DCT with √
−∞ ln(−x) 2 ln(x) 2 x
Z 3
dx 4
14) √4
= lim [33/4 − γ 3/4 ] = 4 · 3−1/4 (converges by evaluation)
x γ→0 + 3
0
Z 2  
dx −1 1 1
14) = lim − = ∞ (diverges by evaluation)
1 x(ln x)
3 ξ→1+ 2 ln2 2 ln2 (ξ)
Z 1
1 0 dx (−1)α
Z
x 1 −α+1 α−1
15) 2 α
dx = = lim [(b ) − (−1) ] =
0 (x − 1) 2 −1 xα b→0− 2(−α + 1) 2(−α + 1)

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Which is only true if α ∈ Z− ∪ {0}, otherwise the integrand is not defined in R.
Also the integral diverges for the case where α = 1
Z ∞ Z ∞
x cosh(x) x
16) 2x
dx converges by the LCT with dx
2 e +1 2 ex
Because the latter converges, as we can argue that ∃ a ∈ R, such that ex ≥ x3 for x ≥ a
Z ∞   Z ∞
1 dx
17) sin diverges by the LCT with
1 x 1 x
Z ∞   Z ∞
1 dx
18) sin 2
converges by the LCT with
1 x 1 x2
Z ∞   Z ∞
1 dx
19) sin2 converges by the LCT with
1 x 1 x2
Z ∞ 5 Z ∞
ln (x) dx
20) √ dx diverges by the DCT with √
2 x e x
Z ∞   Z ∞
2 2
21) x ln 1 + 2 diverges by the LCT wit dx
1 x 1 x
Z ∞
dx 1
22) diverges by the TDF since lim = 1 ̸= 0
1 x tan(1/x) x→∞ x tan(1/x)

Exercise 2:
Z ∞
xp ∞ dx
1) dx will behave like 1 for all values of p ∈ R.
1 (x2 + 1)p x p

Hence convergence is only guaranteed for p > 1 (Result of p integral)

Z ∞ Z ∞
dx dx
2) 2 (ln x)p
< for p ≥ 0 since (ln x)p > 1 for x > e
4 x 4 x2
Hence convergence is guaranteed for all values of p ≥ 0 by the DCT.
For the cases where p < 0, we argue that there is a ∈ R, where ln x < x−p/2 for all x ≥ a,
Z ∞ Z ∞ Z ∞
(ln x)−p (ln x)−p (ln x)−p (ln x)−p
Z a Z a
dx
then: 2
dx = 2
dx + 2
dx < 2
dx +
4 x 4 x a x 4 x a x1.5
Then we have proved that the integral will also converge for p < 0 since it’s less than the sum
convergent integrals.
We come to the conclusion that the integral converges for all p ∈ R

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3) Since ln x < 0 for x ∈ (0, 1/2], we restrict the values of p to the set Z, to ensure that the
integrand is well defined in R
Z 1/2 Z − ln 2 Z ∞
dx du y dy
p
= p
= (−1) p
0 x(ln x) −∞ u ln 2 y
The resulting integral is a p integral which will only converge when p > 1
Hence p ∈ N − {1}

4) We can argue that ∃ a ∈ R, such that ex > xp+2 for all x ≥ a and all p ∈ R
Z ∞ p Z a p Z ∞ p Z a p Z ∞
x x x x dx
Then x
= x
dx + x
dx < x
dx +
1 e 1 e a e 1 e a x2
Both integrals in the comparison converge, making our original integral converge for p ∈ R

Z ∞ Z ∞
px + 2 dx
5) p
dx behaves like for all values of p ∈ R
1 x +1 1 xp−1
The resulting integral only converges when p − 1 > 1 or p > 2
Z ∞ Z ∞
px + 2 px + 2
The intended question was to study the behaviour of 2+1
dx rather than dx
1 x 1 x2 + 1
Z ∞
px + 2
As an exercise, show that dx converges only when p = 0
1 x2 + 1

Z Z
ln(x) ln(x) 1 1
6) Using integration by parts, p
dx = p−1
+ dx
x (−p + 1)x −p + 1 xp
Z ∞   Z ∞
ln(x) ln(x) 1 dx
So, p
dx = lim p−1
+ dx
1 x T →∞ (−p + 1)T −p + 1 1 xp
The limit part will only converge and collapse to 0 if p − 1 > 0 or p > 1
The Resulting integral is a p integral and will only converge if p > 1
Combining the results simultaneously, we have to have that p > 1 for convergence.

Exercise 3:
Z ∞ α Z ∞
x (x + 1)β dx
√ dx will behave like −α−β/2
dx and will only converge when 2α + β < −2
3 β
x +1 3 x