Solve limits in Lebesgue integral

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Solve the limits of below:

(1) $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \int_0^n (1+\frac{x}{n})^n e^{-2x}dx$.

(2) $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \int_0^n (1-\frac{x}{n})^n e^{\frac{x}{2}}dx$.

(3) $\int_0^{\infty} \frac{e^{-x}\sin^2 x}{x}dx$

(Hint: show $f(x,y)=e^{-x}\sin2xy$ is integrable on $[0,\infty) \times [0,1]$)

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For first and second questions, use $1-a\le e^{-a}, 1+a\le e^a $ for $0\le a\le 1$. (To prove, use Taylor remainder theorem.) Then use Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem. For the third question, use Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem, note that $\sin x/x$ is bounded.

Also note that limit of $(1\pm x/n)^n$ is $e^{\pm x}$ as $n$ approaches to infinity.

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In (2), define a function $f_n$ to be $(1-\frac{x}{n})^ne^{x/2}$ on $[0,n]$ and 0 for $x>n$. Then $f_n \rightarrow e^{-x/2}$ as $n\rightarrow \infty$, and furthermore, $e^{-x/2} \ge |f_n(x)|$ for all $n$, and $e^{-x/2} \in \mathcal{L}^1(R^1)$.

So by Lebesgue's dominated convergence theorem,

$ \lim\limits_{n\to \infty} \int_0^{\infty} f_ndx= \int_0^{\infty} e^{-x/2}dx=2 $ and the left-hand side is the first limit to compute.

By similar considerations, in (1), $f_n \mapsto e^{-x}$ and $\int_R e^{-x}dx <\infty$ (i.e. $e^{-x}\in \mathcal{L}^1(R)$),

then the integral is $\int_0^{\infty} e^{-x}dx=1$

As for (3), $\int_0^1 e^{-x}sin2xydy=-\frac{e^{-x}cos2xy}{2x}|_0^1=\frac{(1-cos2x)e^{-x}}{2x}=\frac{e^{-x}sin^2x}{x}$.