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The Minimum Value of a Definite Integral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

L. J. Mordell*
Affiliation:
St. John’s College, Cambridge

Extract

F. Bowman has found the following pretty result.

The minimum value of the definite integral

for real a is given by I = 1/(n + 1).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1968

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