# Evaluating Area Under a Curve [closed]

Consider the curves:

$$\displaystyle f: \Big(\frac{x-c}{a}\Big)^{2k+1} + \Big(\frac{y-d}{b}\Big)^{2k+1}=1$$ $$\displaystyle g: y = -\frac{b}{a}x +d+ \frac{bc}{a}$$ Where $$a$$,$$b$$,$$c$$,$$d$$,$$k$$ $$\in$$ $$N.$$
Let the area enclosed by the curves $$f$$ and $$g$$ be $$\psi(k).$$
Also, $$\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \psi(k) = \xi(a,b).$$ Find:$$\phi(2)=\displaystyle \sum_{\substack{a,b \geq 1 \\ a\geq b}} \xi \Big(\frac{1}{a^2},\frac{1}{b^2}\Big)$$ Anyone who wishes to generalize this can compute- $$\displaystyle \phi(m)= \sum_{\substack{a,b \geq 1 \\ a\geq b}} \xi \Big(\frac{1}{a^m},\frac{1}{b^m}\Big)$$ Where $$m>1$$.

After seeing the parameters involved I have no idea how to proceed answering this question. Can somebody please suggest an approach for solving this question?

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• Both $\;f,g\;$ definitions are hard to understand for me: what exactly does $\;f=something=1\;$ mean?! It means $\;f\;$ is the constant function equal to $\;1\;$ ...? I doubt it. And you call them "curves", not "surfaces" or something like that. I really don't understand. – DonAntonio May 6 at 8:09
• I also don't think so – Ramone Estevez May 6 at 8:25
• @DonAntonio I read that as "$f$ is given by the equation $something = 1$". I know it's a bit of abuse of the $:=$ symbol, but at least they do not have an actual equality symbol there. – Arthur May 6 at 8:26
• @Arthur That sounds reasonable. – DonAntonio May 6 at 8:42
• Can you guys give any suggestions ? – Ramone Estevez May 6 at 11:33

Maybe the following is a correct start. Note that the curve $$g$$ is defined by $$y-d=-\frac{b}{a}(x-c)$$. In that sense, $$c$$ and $$d$$ are just vertical and horizontal shift parameters, respectively, and they will not change the value of any enclosed area. So we can just take $$c=d=0$$. Also, since $$2k+1$$ is odd, substituting $$y=-\frac{b}{a}$$ into the formula for $$f$$ yields the equation $$0=1$$, so there is no other possibility than that $$f$$ and $$g$$ don't intersect so that $$g$$ is an asymptote of $$f$$. Then we already obtain $$\xi(a,b)=b\cdot\lim_{k\to\infty}\int_{-\infty}^\infty\left(\sqrt[2k+1]{1-\left(\frac{x}{a}\right)^{2k+1}}+\frac{x}{a}\right)dx$$. I suspect that this integral limit is equal to $$2a$$ - but don't immediately know how to prove this. In the end, we would have $$\xi(a,b)=2ab$$ so that $$\phi(m)=2\cdot\sum_{a=1}^\infty\frac{1}{a^m}\sum_{b=a}^{\infty}\frac{1}{b^m}$$. I don't have a quick idea about how to solve this - maybe something with zeta functions?