# File:Improper integral.svg

## Summary

 Description Plot of 1/(sqrt(x)*(x+1)) from 0.093 to 3.0 Date 26 June 2007 Source self-made using gnuplot with alterations to SVG (piecewise-Bézier replacement of function graph, area fill) Author KSmrq

## Comment

Illustrate an improper Riemann integral,

$\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{dx}{(x+1)\sqrt{x}} = \pi .$

The domain goes to infinity, and at zero so does the range. Thus the integral is improper in both senses, but has a well-defined value using limits.

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