Doubts in the solution!!

i ll give a sum and post its solution!!

explain to me y is it the way it is!!



questions...can all summations be treated like this??

why for Tn n->0 but Sn n->∞

please help urgent

IITJEE 2008 QUESTION!!

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kaymant ·

If you consider the function
f(x)=11+x+x2
in the interval, it is decreasing.

Divide the interval [0,1] into n equal length sub-intervals, each of width Δ = 1n by taking points
x0 =0,
x1 = 0+Δ = 1/n,
x2 = 0+2Δ = 2/n
....
xk = 0 + kΔ = k/n
xn-1 = 0 +(n-1) Δ = n-1n, and finally
xn = 0 + nΔ = 1.
In the k-th interval [xk-1, xk] for k = 1,2,..,n,
the function has a minimum value at the upper end point xk while the maximum is achieved at the lower end xk-1
So the lower integral sum is
\underline{s}=\sum_{k=1}^n f(x_k)\cdot \dfrac{1}{n}=\sum_{k=1}^n f\left(\dfrac{k}{n}\right)\cdot \dfrac{1}{n}=\sum_{k=1}^n \dfrac{n}{n^2+kn+k^2}=S_n
While the supper integral sum
\overline{s}=\sum_{k=1}^n f(x_{k-1})\cdot \dfrac{1}{n}=\sum_{k=1}^n f\left(\dfrac{k-1}{n}\right)\cdot \dfrac{1}{n}=\sum_{r=0}^{n-1} \dfrac{n}{n^2+rn+r^2}=T_n
And it is known that
\underline{s}<\int_0^1 \dfrac{1}{1+x+x^2}\ \mathrm dx<\overline{s}
That is
S_n<\dfrac{\pi}{3\sqrt{3}}<T_n

341
Hari Shankar ·

The keyword is Darboux sums

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darboux_integral

66
kaymant ·

I don't think ppl encounter that till their +2 studies. The Riemann sum is enough.

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