Calculate the integral of a rational function using residues

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I want to calculate integral : $$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{x^2+16}{x^4+10x^2+9}$$ Which because its integrand is an even function of $x$, can be rewritten as $$\frac{1}{2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{x^2+16}{x^4+10x^2+9}$$ Consider the function $$f(z)=\frac{z^2+16}{z^4+10z^2+9}$$ The dominator has simple zeros at $z=\pm3i $ and $z=\pm i$. Let's count $Res[f(3i)] = \lim_{z \to 3i}\frac{z^1+16}{(z+3i)(z+i)(z-i)} = \frac{7}{48i}$ Similarly, $Res[f(-3i)] = \frac{7}{48i}$

$Res[f(i)] = \frac{15}{16i} = -Res[f(-i)]$.

So, $$\frac{1}{2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{x^2+16}{x^4+10x^2+9} = \frac{14\pi}{48i}$$ Is the idea good? Of course, I am considering the semicircular contour $\gamma_R$, which starts at $R$, traces a semicircle in the upper half plane to $−R$ and then travels back to R along the real axis. Why this integral is equal to zero if we integrate on semicircle in the upper half plane?

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You have the right idea, but the result is not correct. We have $\operatorname{res}_{3i} f=-\frac{7}{48i}$. So assuming the integral along the semicircle goes to zero we get: $$\frac{1}{2}\int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{x^2+16}{x^4+10x^2+9}=\pi i\left(\operatorname{res}_{3i} f+\operatorname{res}_{i} f\right)=\pi i\left(\frac{-7}{48i}+\frac{15}{16i}\right)=\dots$$

We still need to argue why the integral over the semicircle goes to zero. Note for this that $\vert f(z)\vert\leq C\vert z\vert^{-2}$ for large enough $\vert z\vert$ and some constant $C$. So we can bound the integral over the semicircle $\gamma_R$ with radius $R$: $$\left\vert\int_{\gamma_R} f(z)dz\right\vert\leq CR^{-2}\operatorname{length}(\gamma_R)=CR^{-2}\pi R=\frac{C\pi}{R}\to0~~\text{as }R\to\infty $$

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$$I=\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{x^2+16}{(x^4+10x^2+9)}dx=\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{x^2+16}{(x^2+1)(x^2+9)}$$ $$I= \frac{15}{8} \int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{dx}{1+x^2}-\frac{7}{8}\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{dx}{9+x^2}$$ $$I=\frac{15}{8} \frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{7}{8} \frac{\pi}{6}=\frac{19}{24}\pi$$