Integral of so many things! (great for calculus 2 review)

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  • @BigDBrian
    @BigDBrian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    trying to solve it by symmetry with a u-sub of u=1-x lets you conclude that the integral is exactly equal to itself. Amazing.

    • @Jordan-zk2wd
      @Jordan-zk2wd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@TejasKd221B You forgot to distribute a negative sign, I did the same.

    • @Erik20766
      @Erik20766 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Tejas Acharya wtf, it's easy to see that's wrong. Both of the factors are negative in the interval so the product is positive hence the integral also is

    • @rayquaza1vs1deoxys
      @rayquaza1vs1deoxys 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      #horseshoemaths

    • @darkseid856
      @darkseid856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rayquaza1vs1deoxys I remember that meme. Lmao

    • @Walczyk
      @Walczyk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      huh i got the integral of ln(u)*ln(-u) when i let x --> x-1/2

  • @alkankondo89
    @alkankondo89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    An integration marathon! I love examples like this that demonstrate several different methods of problem-solving. Well done, sir!!

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      alkankondo89 my pleasure!

    • @6612770
      @6612770 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agree totally! Problems like this are what helps to keep your mental agility on the ball!

    • @alkankondo89
      @alkankondo89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks! By the way, does your username have any kind of mathematical significance?

  • @andrewcollins4193
    @andrewcollins4193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    This was the best thing I've ever seen

  • @GueVonez
    @GueVonez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    I would start by looking at it and doing a U sub. Then cry and go to sleep

    • @General12th
      @General12th 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      The derivative of sadness with respect to frustration is failure.

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I changed one of the xes to a y, and did a double integral dxdy like the way you'd integrate the normal function. I got the same answer. Took like 2 minutes.

    • @zephyrred3366
      @zephyrred3366 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wait, thats illegal!

    • @convergentradius
      @convergentradius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No u.

  • @ralfbodemann1542
    @ralfbodemann1542 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Excellent job!
    Much appreciated you allowed us to witness the ongoing exhaustion and lack of concentration without covering it up by jump cuts etc. This shows that maths is sometimes real work. But you can still succeed in the end, if you don't give up.

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you for your comment!!
      It's kinda tricky. I have edited many of my videos previously mainly to shorten them with a hope that more people would like to click on it and watch it. Right now I am trying just the raw files to see how my viewers react to them. I thank you for your input!

  • @tiagonewton4782
    @tiagonewton4782 7 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    "DONE!!"

  • @roccocuffaro7569
    @roccocuffaro7569 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wow awesome result, this is why maths makes me happy, integral of logs multiplied together - final answer has pi in it

  • @Craznar
    @Craznar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    The two most complex things in the universe:
    A: The meaning of life the universe and everything = 42
    B: The value of the above integral = 2 - π²/6

    • @BigDBrian
      @BigDBrian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      the most complex thing in the universe is none other than i.

    • @papsanlysenko5232
      @papsanlysenko5232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hey man, may I ask you a stupid question? Where did you get pi and ^2 on the keyboard?

    • @Craznar
      @Craznar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I got them from google and cut and paste :)

    • @papsanlysenko5232
      @papsanlysenko5232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks, man

    • @harrisidh
      @harrisidh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mrBorkD that sounds like a girl would say: bcs girls are just so confusing O.o

  • @mohandoshi153
    @mohandoshi153 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have visited this integral on your channel quite a number of times over the last few years and each time the evaluation, the experience of so many Cal 2 topics in one integration problem and the beauty of your explanation never ever fail to impress me. This is how calculus should be taught. Absolutely fantastic evaluation and explanation.

  • @nikitakipriyanov7260
    @nikitakipriyanov7260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    After hearing the idea of series expansion, I was able to solve till the end and achieved the same answer! Which is nice. I can't remember solving such definite integrals. The only such thing I clearly remember from the university is how to calculate the Euler integral.

  • @Moi-be1lo
    @Moi-be1lo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This video has to be my favorite one yet. Thanks for making math enjoyable for all 😁

  • @Harlequin314159
    @Harlequin314159 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That was epic, excellent job!

  • @MrQwefty
    @MrQwefty 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    24:40 the best part

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      MrQwefty definitely!

    • @tperm6695
      @tperm6695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the hardest

    • @Bedoroski
      @Bedoroski 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most random thing ever

  • @Grassmpl
    @Grassmpl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please note. Fubini is exchanging the order of 2 nested integrals. Exchanging infinite sum with integral requires Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem.

  • @osvaldomena1172
    @osvaldomena1172 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Ohh man this is so hardcore :/

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yea.....
      And I think people can see why this is a "calc2 review"

  • @shounenda4291
    @shounenda4291 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is seriously one of your best vids! i love it, keep up the good work, you seriously are one of my favourites youtubers man!

  • @cicciobombo7496
    @cicciobombo7496 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    👏calc 2👏review👏

  • @sergiokorochinsky49
    @sergiokorochinsky49 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I used this method to solve your previous video's integral
    Ln(1+x)/(1+x^2).
    Compared to your trig substitution and FlamMath parametric method, plugging a series felt like brut force, but interesting things happened...

  • @wellbangok8959
    @wellbangok8959 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I see "calc 2 review" in my recommended, and instantly start having flashbacks.

  • @darcash1738
    @darcash1738 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, this was a crazy combo of concepts. First, reverse engineering that series expansion from the derivative of ln(1-x), flipping the order to make em both under the integrand to do IBP, L'Hop shenanigans, and partial fractions to telescope and famous result the way to an answer. I just saw that one video where you proved the pi^2/6 series, so that was pretty cool.

  • @mohdfm
    @mohdfm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watched this at 7 am in the morning. Made my day😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @sergioh5515
    @sergioh5515 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. Amazing integral. Beautiful answer to see that identity at the end. Truly awesome for anyone who enjoys calculus

  • @charankorrapati3638
    @charankorrapati3638 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    brilliantly done....hats off....what an idea especially using power series...I love the way you said "DONE"

  • @jcnot9712
    @jcnot9712 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dropped a like just as a token of appreciation for the few microseconds you were begging for death through that 25 minutes. I salute you.

  • @MusicalInquisit
    @MusicalInquisit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I guess this is why teachers give 5 hours to do 4 problems. LMAO!
    Don't understand any of this, but I enjoyed watching it.
    EDIT: Now that I have partially finished AP Calculus AB, I sort of understand what you are doing now.

  • @yoyoland369
    @yoyoland369 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    just finished calc 3... Imma still watch it for funsies

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yay!

    • @General12th
      @General12th 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Calc 3 was so much fun. I thought it was even more fun than Calc 1 and Calc 2!

  • @daemonguy2
    @daemonguy2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitely do more vids like this where you include a bunch of techniques and explain them all briefly!

  • @azmath2059
    @azmath2059 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now that was sensational! Who would have thought that the answer would simplify down to 2 - pi^2/6 , and using Euler.

  • @yo-no9879
    @yo-no9879 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't believe you've done it, I'm actually interested in calc for the first time in my life.

  • @omarsamraxyz
    @omarsamraxyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro the most unexpected result wtf!! Math is really dark magic... And logic ofc🔥❤️🔥

  • @jeffreyluciana8711
    @jeffreyluciana8711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm addicted to this channel

  • @soutiroy1754
    @soutiroy1754 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Till now that is the most beautiful integration I have ever seen.

  • @donmoore7785
    @donmoore7785 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe I like this about the most of all your integration videos. There are a lot of principles used here - which I last considered over three decades ago.

  • @Mqxwell
    @Mqxwell 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely amazing! Loved the video, thank you for showing such great math alongside such great work.

  • @deepakjindal9874
    @deepakjindal9874 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I have also done by power series i.e. taylor series of ln (1-x) to get the same answer!!!!!

  • @juliuscaesar9481
    @juliuscaesar9481 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so impressive and clever, an awesome video!

  • @Zonnymaka
    @Zonnymaka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mind blowing! Very nice, B-Pen....Euler is smiling right now

    • @Zonnymaka
      @Zonnymaka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BTW, i solved it in a different way as usual :)
      I'm not really going to write each and every step tho!
      Anyway, i used integration by parts on the main integral. After 3 (fun) limits and another integration by parts and one u-sub i came up with:
      INT [ln(x)*ln(1-x)] = 2- INT [ln(1-x)/x] (all INT from 0 to 1 of course)
      Finally it was quite straightforward to solve the last INT with the power serie.
      A very challenging problem indeed!

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yay!!! Thank you for your nice comment!! I am smiling now too!!!!!

  • @atharvas4399
    @atharvas4399 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love it when you do challenging problems. lately you have done a lot of easier problems. but great video!

  • @mohammadelsayed5715
    @mohammadelsayed5715 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re just so cool , I really appreciate your work ... Keep on going ❤️

  • @atomix1093
    @atomix1093 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This might just be one of my favorite integrals that I've seen solved

  • @l3igl2eaper
    @l3igl2eaper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Pfft, I just did it in my head. Super easy!

  • @TheMauror22
    @TheMauror22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful video!!

  • @adamkangoroo8475
    @adamkangoroo8475 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy oreo! Such twisted integral.. I'm stunned.

  • @GooogleGoglee
    @GooogleGoglee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Good job! Maybe I miss something, is it possible to make a video on that part of the partial fractions? I didn't well understand why you divided the fraction adding the terms (n+1) and (n+2)^2

    • @fly7thomas
      @fly7thomas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me to.

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I made a video today on that. It will be up by Wed or so.

  • @aegisistatic8329
    @aegisistatic8329 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    曹老師你的鬍子好有型啊
    Btw this one is pretty insane

  • @VerSalieri
    @VerSalieri 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great content as usual. I wasnt on best terms with Frobenius back in college, but this was great.

  • @NeilMaron
    @NeilMaron 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Brutal

  • @PunmasterSTP
    @PunmasterSTP ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn, that was a great series of things you did on the board 😎

  • @eliteteamkiller319
    @eliteteamkiller319 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When your professor decides that the final will only have one question.

  • @alessandro.calzavara
    @alessandro.calzavara 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best math video I saw so far!

  • @meisamsadeghi7834
    @meisamsadeghi7834 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful.
    I think instead of using integration by part, it is possible to transform the integral to a gamma function with a change of variable y=-ln(x).

  • @arcannite6152
    @arcannite6152 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey bprp, I love your videos, really big fan! Hope that you can always post amazing videos like this. I recently learnt about the gamma function and I found that i factOREO is really hard to solve. Could you sometimes do a video on it? Love from Hong Kong

  • @TheBlueboyRuhan
    @TheBlueboyRuhan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can we get a Calc 3 review question like this in the future?

  • @AndDiracisHisProphet
    @AndDiracisHisProphet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    No you only have to show why 1/1^2 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + ... equals pi^2/6 :D

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That would have been another 20 minutes.....
      I was trying so hard to fit everything on just one board and I was happy because I did it!
      *erasing the c=0 part doesn't count.

    • @AndDiracisHisProphet
      @AndDiracisHisProphet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was joking anyway :D

    • @AndDiracisHisProphet
      @AndDiracisHisProphet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ok, here is the deal. Whenever I write something serious in your comment section I explicitly say so :D

    • @materiasacra
      @materiasacra 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AndDiracisHisProphet : what about this comment itself?

    • @AndDiracisHisProphet
      @AndDiracisHisProphet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good question

  • @anon8109
    @anon8109 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    We can roughly approximate the function y = ln(x)*ln(1-x) by a semicircle.
    The graph of the function looks like the top half of a circle with center 1/2 and radius 1/2 with an area of 1/2 * pi * (1/2)^2 = pi/8
    In fact, if we multiply the semicircle by the constant C = (48-4*pi^2)/(3*pi) which is approximately 0.9, then this integral would have the same area as the semicircle.

  • @김형준-k8v
    @김형준-k8v 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm just an fresh highschool student in Korean, and I have a quite interest in math..
    but thanks to your video, I quite likely understanded this video

  • @erazorheader
    @erazorheader 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think I have found the easier way. First, notice that Ln(x) Ln(1 - x) = -0.5*((Ln(x) - Ln(1-x))^2 - Ln(x)^2 - Ln(1-x)^2). Integrals from the logs squared are trivial and one can take it by integration by parts e.g. \int_0^1 Ln(x)^2 dx = - \int_0^1 (x 2 Ln(x) /x ) dx = - 2 \int_0^1 Ln(x) dx = 2. Same answer is for the integral from Ln(1-x)^2. Somewhat tricky part is the integral from -0.5*(Ln(x) - Ln(1-x))^2 = -0.5*(Ln(x/(1-x)))^2 = -0.5 d^2(x^t (1 - x)^(-t))/dt^2 at t = 0. In the last line I used that Ln(x) = d(x^t)/dt taken at t = 0. As we have the second power of the log, we need the second derivative. But the integral \int_0^1 x^t (1 - x)^(-t) dx = pi*t/sin(pi*t) where I used the definition of the beta-function. In order to take the second derivative, notice that sin(z)/z = 1 - z^2/6 + ... i.e. z/sin(z) = 1 + z^2/6 +... As we only need the second derivative at zero argument, it is enough. So, we get \int_0^1 -0.5*(Ln(x) - Ln(1-x))^2 dx = -0.5* d^2(\int_0^1 x^t (1-x)^(-t) dx)/dt^2|(t=0) = -0.5 d^2(pi*t/sin(pi*t))/dt^2|(t = 0) = -0.5*pi^2/3 = -pi^2/6.

  • @ashkara8652
    @ashkara8652 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A true review indeed.

  • @P4ExHzLRuuiFMg3X4U3v
    @P4ExHzLRuuiFMg3X4U3v 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You lost me at 18:01 with the "cover-up" method... By imposing n=-1 you are making the fraction tend to infinity, how would that help us find A? Plus, when I try to determine A,B and C with the "usual" method (writing the common denominator of the three partial fractions and comparing to the original fraction to determine A,B,C) I find a system of 4 equations in 3 unknowns, which turns out to have no solutions. What am I missing??

    • @khalilbouhmouch4437
      @khalilbouhmouch4437 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Filippo Malgarini before imposing n=-1 he multiples everything by n+1 thats a known method to decompose franctions

  • @user-vm6qx2tu3j
    @user-vm6qx2tu3j 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't get formal education for this level of math! But I love this! Had to watch two times to understand properly😍

  • @RedRad1990
    @RedRad1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job, you deserve a beer ;)
    Seriously, you looked like you needed to unwind :)

  • @MrANoN11m
    @MrANoN11m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful

  • @zsomborhajdu2181
    @zsomborhajdu2181 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This integral is the convolution of ln(x) and ln(x) at 1. Thus, we can use Laplace-transform to calculate the integral, as the inverse Laplace-transform of the square of ln(x)'s Laplace-transform. I think this method is much easier.

  • @begatbegat7273
    @begatbegat7273 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoyed the journey this took me through

  • @OonHan
    @OonHan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    blackpenredpenbluepen

  • @MrRyanroberson1
    @MrRyanroberson1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    20:30 when you've been doing calculus and such for so long you forget how to quickly resolve fractional problems
    just immediately multiply all sides by 4 to get 1=4+2b-1, isolate B: -2=2b, b=-1

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan Roberson I remember. But I was afraid to run out of space

  • @OriginalSuschi
    @OriginalSuschi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy crap didn’t expect this to be the solution. And how did you find out the value for 1+1????

  • @alanturingtesla
    @alanturingtesla 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting!

  • @Dharmarajan-ct5ld
    @Dharmarajan-ct5ld 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like your presentation and content

  • @jeevashanmugam7608
    @jeevashanmugam7608 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You truly are impressive

  • @wolfmanjacksaid
    @wolfmanjacksaid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    a great source for integral solutions, including unique solutions and definite integral solutions is a book called the Table of Integrals, Series and Products by Gradshteyn and Rhyzhik

  • @AbiRizky
    @AbiRizky 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm gonna take calculus 2 this semester, do you think they will give problems like this for tests? This thing is so hardcore..

  • @sandeepsantoriya822
    @sandeepsantoriya822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superb !!!!!!!

  • @Magic73805
    @Magic73805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks Sir

  • @holyshit922
    @holyshit922 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another approach
    Substitute t = -ln(x)
    Calculate Laplace transform of ln(1-e^{-t})
    Use derivative of original formula L(tf(t)) = -d/ds F(s) where F(s) is Laplace transform of f(t)
    Plug in s = 1

  • @vidvidramones5792
    @vidvidramones5792 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video feel like you fight hardess boss in RPG game. Excellent!

  • @jeromesnail
    @jeromesnail 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now, could we find another way to calculate this integral, and then deduce the famous result sum(1/n²) = π²/6? Some trig substitution maybe?

  • @justdusty9697
    @justdusty9697 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    similar method but faster in my opinion: turn ln(1-x) into a series to get sum of 1/n the integral of x^nln(x)
    now name that integral I_n or something you can find a recurrence relation between I_n+1 and I_n
    (obviously since I_n keeps a constant sign it is not identically zero) by that you can deduce that I_n = -1/(n+1)^2
    going back to the initial result we get sum of 1/n*(n+1)^2
    then finally by decomposing we end up getting our result 2- pi^2 /6

  • @_DD_15
    @_DD_15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where do you find such integrals? This was fun!

  • @tomatrix7525
    @tomatrix7525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very impressive my friend

  • @herowise6021
    @herowise6021 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey can you go through Calc 1 - beyond, your vids are amazing

  • @jonathanolson772
    @jonathanolson772 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video made me realize just how much I forgot of calc 2. Hopefully I don't need it too much in calc 3 and diff eq

  • @ramachandrab6552
    @ramachandrab6552 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good explanation sir

  • @dijkstra4678
    @dijkstra4678 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like music to my eyes and math to my ears.

  • @PaulusFrank
    @PaulusFrank 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drop the marker! Well done!

  • @tharjun9447
    @tharjun9447 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great 👍👍👍💯

  • @blackzeropaxfan3318
    @blackzeropaxfan3318 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tabular method🔥🔥🔥

  • @factsandfigure7025
    @factsandfigure7025 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The 1st thing, if it strikes in your mind then question is simple and if it doesn't then it is really hard to solve it.

  • @MarcosRodriguez-qx4wr
    @MarcosRodriguez-qx4wr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, I got a bit lost when you calculated the numerators of the series. I guess in engineering we don't learn how to solve series properly. May you recommend any book or source that I could use to gain insight into series' calculus.
    So great video anyway.

  • @meisamsadeghi7834
    @meisamsadeghi7834 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @atharvas4399
    @atharvas4399 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    more putnam problems please!!!

  • @cynth0984
    @cynth0984 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    now I need to play 4 hours of Unreal Tournament to wipe out all the knowledge I got from this video

  • @pantoffelkrieger8418
    @pantoffelkrieger8418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This might be a dumb question but Idc I'm in eighth grade so I'm allowed to ask dumb questions😂😂
    Anyway: when u integrated the power series, couldn't u just have taken away the first term(make n start at 1) and divide by n? Just asking

  • @avalons2170
    @avalons2170 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi . Look at this : SUM 1/ [n*(n+1)^2] from n=1 to inf is [ 2 - pi^2/6 ] just the same result you have found.

  • @holyshit922
    @holyshit922 ปีที่แล้ว

    If we integrate by parts first we can use geometric series expansion

  • @fourier07able
    @fourier07able 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At the final board where bprp finds the solution, he makes a mistake after he has calculated ∑_{n=0^ꝏ} [1/(n+1) - 1/(n+2)] = 1/1 - 1/2 + 1/2 - 1/3 + 1/3 -1/4 + 1/4 - ... = 1, since all terms cancel by pairs with the exception of the first one, i.e. 1. So far is all okay, but now, below, he puts again the term [-1/(n+2)], which already was considered in the above sum. Fortunately this term does not lead to error as it tends to zero as n tends to infinite. BTW, the sum 1/1^2 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + 1/4^2 + ... = ∑_{n=1^ꝏ} 1/n^2 = ζ(2) is the famous Riemann Zeta function ζ(s) for s = 2. The great mathematician Leonhard Euler was the first out in calculate ζ(2) = π^2/6.

  • @jayapandey2541
    @jayapandey2541 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When the Basel problem climbs behind your back.

  • @firstworldprobz8055
    @firstworldprobz8055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know im three years late but I just want everyone to know that I forgot it was a definite integral and spent four pages finding the antiderivitive of this :(

  • @thephysicistcuber175
    @thephysicistcuber175 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    such a weird answer, how the heck did we end up with pi^2/6 from the integral of a product of logs?
    also, nice power series there

  • @YogeshKumar-rf5ys
    @YogeshKumar-rf5ys 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice solution