Calculus 2 — 12.3: Improper Integrals and Indeterminate Products

This lesson works through two improper integrals from start to finish, using them to introduce the full toolkit of techniques needed when bounds become infinite. We compute the integral of x·eˣ from negative infinity to zero, confronting the indeterminate product that arises, and then tackle a doubly infinite integral involving eˣ/(1+e²ˣ) that splits into two independent limits.

Key concepts covered:

• Defining improper integrals with infinite bounds as limits of proper integrals
• Integration by parts applied to x·eˣ, with emphasis on completing the antiderivative before substituting bounds
• Diagnosing indeterminate forms and recognizing when L'Hôpital's Rule applies (only to 0/0 and infinity/infinity)
• Rewriting an indeterminate product (negative infinity times 0) as a fraction to make L'Hôpital legal
• Why polynomial-times-exponential limits should keep the polynomial in the numerator
• Splitting a doubly infinite integral into two pieces with independent limit variables
• Why the Cauchy principal value (a single symmetric limit) can hide divergence and give wrong answers
• Substitution u = eˣ to reduce eˣ/(1+e²ˣ) to the arctangent antiderivative
• Evaluating arctan at the limiting values 0, 1, and infinity to assemble the final result of π/2

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