Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2005 Paper 1 8 c ii Solution Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
For and , the preceding antiderivative givesThe integrand is nonnegative, so Tonelli's theorem permits reversing the two integrals without first assuming absolute integrability. Put in the inner integral to obtain the hyperbolic-secant Frullani integral:Here . Near zero, cancellation makes the original integrand ; at infinity it decays exponentially. The finite result therefore also establishes ordinary convergence of the improper integral.