Calculus 4

Calculus Level 3

True or False?

0 sin ( s t ) t d t = π 2 \quad \displaystyle \large \int _0^\infty \dfrac {\sin (st)}t \, dt = \dfrac \pi 2 is true for all constant s s .

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Tapas Mazumdar
Feb 6, 2017

For the non-hindrance of calculations we'll denote s s as ω \omega and use s s for our calculations in the Laplace transformation.

Now, using the well known formula for Laplace transforms:

0 f ( t ) t d t = 0 L { f ( t ) } ( s ) d s \int_0^\infty \dfrac{f(t)}{t} \,dt =\int_0^\infty \mathcal{L}\{f(t)\}(s) \,ds

We have

0 sin ( ω t ) t d t = 0 L { sin ( ω t ) } ( s ) d s = 0 ω s 2 + ω 2 d s = π 2 ω 1 ω 2 \begin{aligned} \int_0^{\infty} \dfrac{\sin(\omega t)}{t} \,dt &= \int_0^{\infty} \mathcal{L} \left\{ \sin(\omega t) \right\} (s) \,ds \\ &= \int_0^{\infty} \dfrac{\omega}{s^2 + \omega^2} \,ds \\ &= \dfrac{\pi}{2} \omega \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{\omega^2}} \end{aligned}

Here, it may seem fair to introduce ω \omega into the root and cancel out the ω 2 ω 2 \sqrt{\dfrac{\omega^2}{\omega^2}} term in the final step. But remember that ω C \omega \in \mathbb{C} and so it would be an improper method to do so.

Thus, we derive that

0 sin ( ω t ) t = π 2 iff { I ( ω 2 ) 0 R ( ω 2 ) 0 \int_0^{\infty} \dfrac{\sin(\omega t)}{t} = \dfrac{\pi}{2} \text{ iff } \begin{cases} \mathfrak{I} (\omega^2) \neq 0 \\ \mathfrak{R}(\omega^2) \ge 0 \end{cases}

Nice.The given integral is known by Dirichlets Discontinuous Integral.It takes the value π / 2 , i f a > 0 , π / 2 i f a < 0 , 0 i f a = 0 π/2,if a>0,-π/2 if a<0,0 if a=0

Spandan Senapati - 4 years, 1 month ago

Take s=0 We get the Integral as 0 Which is not equal to π 2 \frac { \pi }{ 2 }

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