Find a real number for which the following is true:
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We can apply Laplace's method for integrals to deduce the asymptotic behaviour ∫ 0 2 π x r sin x d x ∫ 0 2 π x r cos x d x ∼ r − 1 ( 2 1 π ) r + 1 ∼ r − 2 ( 2 1 π ) r + 2 as r → ∞ , so that ∫ 0 2 π x r cos x d x r c ∫ 0 2 π x r sin x d x ∼ π 2 r c + 1 r → ∞ and hence we deduce that c = − 1 is the required value.