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If you use the Cartesian coordinate, you should recall the definition of "improper integral". Let me give you a simpler example here, consider

$\int_0^1\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}dx$,

the integrand approaches infinity as $x\to 0$, however, the "improper integral " defines it as a limit, i.e.,

$\int_0^1\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}dx=\lim_{\epsilon\to0}\int_{\epsilon}^1\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}dx=\lim_{\epsilon\to0}2\sqrt{x}\big|_{\epsilon}^1=2$,

thus the integral will still give you a finite value.