TITLE: Evaluate $\lim_{n\to\infty}nI_n$ with $I_n=\int_0^1\frac{x^n}{x^2+3x+2}dx$
QUESTION [12 upvotes]: We have to evaluate: $$\lim_{n\to\infty}nI_n$$ with $$I_n=\int_0^1\frac{x^n}{x^2+3x+2}\:dx.$$

There is an elegant way to solve this problem?


Here is all my steps:

My first ideea was to find a recurrence relation such that:

$$I_{n+2}+3I_{n+1}+2I_n=\frac{1}{n+1},\forall x\in\mathbb{N}$$

Next step I show that $\forall x\in[0,1]\Rightarrow I_{n}\ge I_{n+1}\ge I_{n+2}$ 

Therefore it involving that: $$6I_n\ge 4I_{n+1}+2I_n\ge\frac{1}{n+1},\forall x\in\mathbb{N}$$
As I said above $$6I_{n+2}\leq 4I_{n+2}+2I_n\leq\frac{1}{n+1}$$ 
$\Rightarrow \frac{n}{6(n+1)}\leq nI_n\leq\frac{n}{6(n-1)},\forall x\in\mathbb{N}$
Therefore by squeeze thereom:
$$nI_n\to\frac{1}{6}\:as\:n\to\infty$$

REPLY [16 votes]: We may just integrate by parts,
$$
\begin{align}
I_n=\int_0^1\frac{x^n}{(x+1)(x+2)}dx&=\left. \frac{x^{n+1}}{(n+1)}\frac{1}{(x+1)(x+2)}\right|_0^1+\frac{1}{(n+1)}\int_0^1\frac{(2x+3)\:x^{n+1}}{(x+1)^2(x+2)^2}\:dx\\\\
&=\frac1{6(n+1)}+\frac{1}{n+1}\int_0^1\frac{(2x+3)}{(x+1)^2(x+2)^2}\:x^{n+1}dx\\\\
&=\frac1{6(n+1)}+\frac{1}{n+1}J_n \tag1
\end{align}
$$ and one may observe that
$$
0\leq \int_0^1\frac{(2x+3)}{(x+1)^2(x+2)^2}\:x^{n+1}dx\leq \frac{(2\times1+3)}{(0+1)^2(0+2)^2}\int_0^1x^{n+1}dx
$$ or
$$
0\leq J_n\leq \frac{5}{4}\frac{1}{(n+2)}. \tag2
$$
Then using $(1)$ and $(2)$ gives easily 

$$ \lim_{n \to +\infty}nI_n=\frac16.$$