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Integral of x times a stretched exponential

Question

For a fixed n>0n>0, the integral ∫0∞x e−xn dx\int_0^\infty x\,e^{-x^n}\,dx can be written as an Γ ⁣(bn)\tfrac{a}{n}\,\Gamma\!\left(\tfrac bn\right) with integers aa and bb. What is a+ba+b?

Short answer

33. Substituting u=xnu=x^n, so x=u1/nx=u^{1/n} and dx=1nu1/n−1dudx=\tfrac1n u^{1/n-1}du, turns the integral into 1n∫0∞u2/n−1e−u du=1nΓ ⁣(2n)\tfrac1n\int_0^\infty u^{2/n-1}e^{-u}\,du=\tfrac1n\Gamma\!\left(\tfrac2n\right). Thus a=1a=1, b=2b=2.

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