Apply the mean value theorem for integrals with f(t)=arctan(t2) and g(t)=1/t; estimate cn∈[n2+1,n2+n+1] and use arctan(cn2)→π/2.
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Mean value theorem. On [n2+1,n2+n+1], f(t)=arctan(t2) is continuous and g(t)=1/t is continuous and positive. There exists cn∈[n2+1,n2+n+1] with ∫n2+1n2+n+1tarctan(t2)dt=arctan(cn2)∫n2+1n2+n+1tdt.
Compute the remaining integral. ∫n2+1n2+n+1tdt=[2t]n2+1n2+n+1=2n2+n+1−2n2+1. Rationalize: 2n2+n+1−2n2+1=n2+n+1+n2+12n. As n→+∞, the denominator is ∼2n, so the quotient tends to 1. More precisely, it equals n1+n1+n21+n1+n212n=1+n1+n21+1+n212→1+12=1.
Limit of arctan(cn2). Since cn≥n2+1→+∞, we have cn2→+∞, so arctan(cn2)→π/2.
Conclusion. The product of these two limits gives n→+∞lim∫n2+1n2+n+1tarctan(t2)dt=2π⋅1=2π.