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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford Undated Prelims Mathematics III resit 2 b ii Solution by
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The inverse change of variables is , . Thus the triangular region becomesThe upper limit depends on : the new region is not a rectangle. The absolute inverse Jacobian determinant is , so the change of variables formula cancels the rational factor in the integrand:Although the original integrand is undefined at the vertex , its nonnegative improper integral exists. One can apply the change of variables formula on and let by the monotone convergence theorem; the transformed integrand has the finite integral just computed.
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