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Past exam of the integration course of the University of Oxford 2021 1 b Solution by
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On , the integrand is bounded by one. For , , since every positive power grows faster than the natural logarithm. Thus eventually. The comparison test for integrals proves Lebesgue integrability.
To prove joint continuity, fix with both coordinates positive. In a sufficiently small parameter rectangle, and . For every parameter pair in this rectangle,The first argument shows that is integrable. Along any parameter sequence tending to , the integrands converge pointwise, and the same dominates their eventual tail. The dominated convergence theorem gives . The sequential criterion for continuity proves the required joint continuity throughout the positive quadrant.
For comparison, the change of variables identifies the value with a gamma function:The domination argument establishes continuity directly, without needing a separate theorem about parameter dependence of the gamma function.
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