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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 ii Paper 1 8C Solution by
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Near zero the magnitude of the integrand is of order , and at infinity it is of order . Thus the improper integral converges exactly in the stripAt a boundary of this strip the logarithmic-variable oscillation has no limiting primitive, so conditional convergence does not enlarge it.
Use a keyhole contour about the positive real axis for , taking . The circular arcs vanish in the indicated strip. The upper and lower banks contribute . The only enclosed pole is the double pole at , whose residue is . The residue theorem therefore givesAt the quotient has a removable singularity, with limit one, agreeing with .
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