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Equal-argument beta integral
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2010
/
Paper 1
/
16
/
c
/
Solution
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Write
B
(
n
,
n
)
=
∫
0
1
[
x
(
1
−
x
)
]
n
−
1
d
x
and
set
v
=
2
x
−
1
. Since
x
(
1
−
x
)
=
(
1
−
v
2
)
/4
and
d
x
=
d
v
/2
,
B
(
n
,
n
)
=
2
1
−
2
n
∫
−
1
1
(
1
−
v
2
)
n
−
1
d
v
=
2
2
−
2
n
∫
0
1
(
1
−
v
2
)
n
−
1
d
v
.
(1)
In the last
integral
put
u
=
v
2
,
giving
d
v
=
d
u
/
(
2
u
)
. This yields
B
(
n
,
n
)
=
2
1
−
2
n
B
(
1/2
,
n
)
, and part (
a
) interchanges the arguments. Hence
B
(
n
,
n
)
=
2
2
n
−
1
B
(
n
,
1/2
)
.
(2)
The
equal-argument beta integral
identity holds for every positive real
n
, not only
positive integers
.
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