Calculus and Patterns II

Calculus Level 5

Consider I n = 0 π 2 ( ln sin x ) n d x \displaystyle I_n= \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}(\ln\sin{x})^ndx , where n N n\in\mathbb{N} .

0 π 2 ln sin x d x 1.0879 0 π 2 ( ln sin x ) 2 d x 2.0466 0 π 2 ( ln sin x ) 3 d x 6.0418 0 π 2 ( ln sin x ) 4 d x 24.0529 \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\ln\sin{x}dx \approx -1.0879 \\ \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}(\ln\sin{x})^2dx \approx 2.0466 \\ \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}(\ln\sin{x})^3dx \approx -6.0418 \\ \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}(\ln\sin{x})^4dx \approx 24.0529

As you can see, I n \left \lfloor \left| {I_n}\right| \right \rfloor is always equal to or close to n ! n! . For what first value of n n , I n \left \lfloor \left| {I_n}\right| \right \rfloor stops being equal to n ! n! ?

Bonus: Can you explain why this pattern follows?


The answer is 8.

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2 solutions

Joe Mansley
Aug 8, 2019

Not a full solution.

You end up with that sum and it's pretty easy to see why it is close to n!

Aaghaz Mahajan
Mar 13, 2019

@Digvijay Singh Do you have a rigorous proof??? I only checked numerically.........

Hmm, can't remember when i posted it.

It's a stupid problem anyway. I'm deleting it.

Hey, what report did you post on the other problem and what was the problem (because it seems to be deleted)?

Digvijay Singh - 2 years, 2 months ago

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No don't delete it!! It's a real cool pattern!! And ohhh!! I'm sorry.......I have already deleted that report.....I just did that to see whether I was missing some important information mentioned by someone else in the reports section........

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 2 months ago

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How did the problem get deleted? I didn't delete it.

Digvijay Singh - 2 years, 2 months ago

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@Digvijay Singh Wut??? That's weird.......When I reported the problem, it was already deleted......That is mainly the reason why I reported the problem in the first place, to check if I had missed something......

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 2 months ago

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@Aaghaz Mahajan What was the problem about? I don't remember it.

Digvijay Singh - 2 years, 2 months ago

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@Digvijay Singh IDK......Basically, I saw the title of this problem as Calculus and Patterns 2....So, I thought there must be a part 1 and I simply removed the 2 from the web address and I was directed to this link..........As you can see, the problem was already deleted.....

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 2 months ago

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@Aaghaz Mahajan Oh i remember it now, it was a pattern i saw in integrals of type 1 e ( ln x ) n d x \int_1^e (\ln{x})^n dx .

I deleted it for unknown reasons (i don't really remember why :p)

Digvijay Singh - 2 years, 2 months ago

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@Digvijay Singh xD!! But don't delete this one......!! I think there MIGHT be something more in this problem than what meets the eye......Btw, how is JEE prep going on??

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 2 months ago

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@Aaghaz Mahajan I'm doing fine.. and i hope you do great too.. I'm going offline. Take care :)

Digvijay Singh - 2 years, 2 months ago

Hey, the other problem is available here

Digvijay Singh - 2 years, 2 months ago

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