Exercise 729Calculus › Single-variable calculus › Integration › Improper integralsL1Added 2 Nov 2026
An integral singular at both endpoints
#improper integrals#substitution#arcsine
Statement
Show that converges and compute it.
Hint
The integrand blows up at and at . Substitute .
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Solution
Convergence. Near , and converges (). Near , the integrand behaves like , which also gives a convergent integral. So the integral converges.
Value. Let with . Then and , so
Remark. Since the substitution is a bijection between the open intervals and the integrand becomes constant, the singularities disappear completely. This integral is the Beta function value .