OCR FP2 2007 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicReduction Formulae

5 It is given that, for non-negative integers \(n\), $$I _ { n } = \int _ { 1 } ^ { \mathrm { e } } ( \ln x ) ^ { n } \mathrm {~d} x$$
  1. Show that, for \(n \geqslant 1\), $$I _ { n } = \mathrm { e } - n I _ { n - 1 } .$$
  2. Find \(I _ { 3 }\) in terms of e.