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Limit of a sum evaluated as a definite integral

This type of question, asked 6 times: 2021 Paper 5, 14 Jun 2022, 26 Jul 2022, 30 Jan 2023, 30 Jan 2024, 9 Apr 2024. All 6 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 5

    82
    Let f:(0,2)→Rf:(0,2)\rightarrow\mathbb{R} be defined as f(x)=log⁡2(1+tan⁡(πx4))f(x)=\log_2\left(1+\tan\left(\frac{\pi x}{4}\right)\right). Then lim⁡n→∞2n(f(1n)+f(2n)+…+f(nn))\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{2}{n}\left(f\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)+f\left(\frac{2}{n}\right)+\ldots+f\left(\frac{n}{n}\right)\right) is equal to ______.
  2. Question 2

    14 Jun 2022

    157
    lim⁡n→∞(n2(n2+1)(n+1)+n2(n2+4)(n+2)+n2(n2+9)(n+3)+…+n2(n2+n2)(n+n))\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \left( \frac{n^{2}}{\left( n^{2}+ 1 \right)(n + 1)}+\frac{n^{2}}{\left( n^{2}+ 4 \right)(n + 2)}+\frac{n^{2}}{\left( n^{2}+ 9 \right)(n + 3)}+ \ldots +\frac{n^{2}}{\left( n^{2}+n^{2} \right)(n + n)} \right) is equal to

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  3. Question 3

    26 Jul 2022

    70
    If a=lim⁡n→∞∑k=1n2nn2+k2a =\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{k = 1}^{n} \frac{2n}{n^{2}+k^{2}} and f(x)=1−cos⁡x1+cos⁡x,x∈(0,1)f\left( x \right)=\sqrt{\frac{1 - \cos x}{1 + \cos x}},x \in (0,1), then:

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  4. Question 4

    30 Jan 2023

    163
    lim⁡n→∞3n{4+(2+1n)2+(2+2n)2+⋯+(3−1n)2}\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3}{n}\left\{ 4 +\left( 2 +\frac{1}{n} \right)^{2}+\left( 2 +\frac{2}{n} \right)^{2}+ \cdots +\left( 3 -\frac{1}{n} \right)^{2} \right\} is equal to

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  5. Question 5

    30 Jan 2024

    66
    The value of lim⁡n→∞∑k=1nn3(n2+k2)(n2+3k2)\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{k = 1}^{n} \frac{n^{3}}{\left( n^{2}+k^{2} \right)\left( n^{2}+ 3k^{2} \right)} is:

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  6. Question 6

    9 Apr 2024

    84
    Let
    lim⁡n→∞(nn4+1−2n(n2+1)n4+1+nn4+16−8n(n2+4)n4+16\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \left( \frac{n}{\sqrt{n^{4}+ 1}}-\frac{2n}{\left( n^{2}+ 1 \right)\sqrt{n^{4}+ 1}}+\frac{n}{\sqrt{n^{4}+ 16}}-\frac{8n}{\left( n^{2}+ 4 \right)\sqrt{n^{4}+ 16}} \right.
    +……+nn4+n4−2n⋅n2(n2+n2)n4+n4+ \ldots\ldots +\frac{n}{\sqrt{n^{4}+n^{4}}}-\frac{2n \cdot n^{2}}{\left( n^{2}+n^{2} \right)\sqrt{n^{4}+n^{4}}} be πk\frac{\pi}{k}, using only the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions. Then k2k^{2} is equal to............