Existence of the limit at infinity for a function that is integrable on the half line

Authors

James Patrick Dix, San Marcos High School, TexasFollow

Abstract

It is well known that for a function that is integrable on [0,∞ ), its limit at infinity may not exist. First we illustrated this statement with an example. Then, we present conditions that guarantee the existence of the limit in the following two cases: When the integrable function is non-negative, if the first, second, third, or fourth, derivative is bounded in a neighborhood of each local maximum of f, then the limit exists. Without the non-negative constraint, if an integrable function has a bounded derivative on the entire interval [0,∞ ), then the limit exists.

Author Bio

James Dix is currently a student at San Marcos High School and has participated in the Honors Summer Math Camp at Texas State Universityfor several years. After finishing high school, he plans to study mathematics or statistics at any university.

Faculty Sponsor

Julio G. Dix

Recommended Citation

Dix, James Patrick (2013) "Existence of the limit at infinity for a function that is integrable on the half line," Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal: Vol. 14: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rhumj/vol14/iss1/1