Sunday, September 3, 2017

calculus - Evaluate the integral $int_0^{infty} lfloor x rfloor e^{-x}mathrm dx$




I'd like some help with the following integral:



$$\int_0^\infty \lfloor x \rfloor e^{-x}\mathrm dx .$$



Thanks.


Answer



This reduces to a series $\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \int_n^{n+1}\!\! n e^{-x}\;dx$. The integrals are easy to evaluate and so is the series.


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