Limit to find convergence of $\int_1^\infty \frac{\arctan x}{x^2} ~dx$

Question

Show the integral is convergent and find the value it converges to.

$$\int_1^\infty \frac{\arctan x}{x^2} ~dx$$

I have found the indefinite integral to be

$$-\frac{\arctan x}{x} + \ln|x| -\frac{1}{2}\ln(x^2+1)$$

When I take the limit as t goes to $\infty$, I end up having to deal with this

$$\lim_{t\to \infty}\left(-\frac{\arctan x}{x} + \ln|x| -\frac{1}{2}\ln(x^2+1)\right)$$

I know the first term goes to 0, but how do I find the limit of the rest of it? I tried combining the two terms to see if I could use L'Hospital's rule, but I couldn't get anywhere.

I got to this and was not sure how to proceed.

$$\lim_{t\to \infty}\left(\ln \left(\frac{|t|}{\sqrt{t^2+1}}\right)\right)$$

Answer 1

Using the continuity of the logarithm, we have

$$\begin{align} \lim_{t\to \infty}\log\left(\frac{t}{\sqrt{t^2+1}}\right)&=\log\left(\lim_{t\to \infty}\frac{t}{\sqrt{t^2+1}}\right)\\\\ &=\log(1)\\\\ &=0 \end{align}$$