Without a calculator, evaluate for a ∈ N
a → ∞ lim ∫ 0 2 0 1 9 ( x − a − 1 ) ! ( 2 1 + a ) ! n = 1 ∏ a ( n 2 − 4 1 ) a ! 2 ( x + a ) ! ( − 2 1 − a ) ! d x
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If sin ( x + i y ) = sin ( x ) cosh ( y ) + i cos ( x ) sinh ( y ) = 0 , y = 0 . So sin ( π x ) can be expressed as an product of x , ( x − n ) s for n ∈ N , ( x + n ) s for n ∈ N , and some non zero constant. For finite a , p ( x ) = c x ∏ n = 1 a ( x − n ) ( x + n ) is a finite polynomial and goes to infinity with x ; c such that the polynomial best approximates sin ( π x ) near a finite x will better apply to a wider range of x s around zero as a approaches infinity. The maximum value of sin ( π x ) is 1 at, arbitrarily, x = 0 . 5 . So for a growing range around x = 0 , p ( 0 . 5 ) p ( x ) will better approximate sin ( π x ) as a approaches infinity. Thus we have sin ( π x ) = lim a → ∞ 0 . 5 ∏ n = 1 a ( 0 . 5 − n ) ( 0 . 5 + n ) x ∏ n = 1 a ( x − n ) ( x + n ) = 0 . 5 ! ( − 0 . 5 − a ) ! 0 . 5 ( 0 . 5 + a ) ! ( − 0 . 5 ) ! x ( x ! ( x + a ) ! ) ( ( x − a − 1 ) ! ( x − 1 ) ! ) . Knowing 2 1 ! = 2 π and ( − 2 1 ) ! = π , the above can be simplified to lim a → ∞ ( x − a − 1 ) ! ( 0 . 5 + a ) ! ( x + a ) ! ( − 0 . 5 − a ) ! . Wallis’ formula gives 2 π = lim x → ∞ ∏ n = 1 x 4 n 2 − 1 4 n 2 = lim x → ∞ ∏ n = 1 x ( 4 n 2 − 1 ) 4 x ( x ! ) 2 = lim x → ∞ ∏ n = 1 x ( n 2 − 0 . 2 5 ) x ! 2 . We can multiply these forms of 2 π and sin ( π x ) to get the inner part of the problem’s expression, which between x = 0 and x = some positive odd integer, encloses a signed area of 1 with the x axis.