CAIE FP1 2010 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicReduction Formulae

5 Let $$I _ { n } = \int _ { 1 } ^ { \mathrm { e } } x ( \ln x ) ^ { n } \mathrm {~d} x$$ where \(n \geqslant 1\). Show that $$I _ { n + 1 } = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 } - \frac { 1 } { 2 } ( n + 1 ) I _ { n }$$ Hence prove by induction that, for all positive integers \(n , I _ { n }\) is of the form \(A _ { n } \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 } + B _ { n }\), where \(A _ { n }\) and \(B _ { n }\) are rational numbers.