Integral sum thing 600

Calculus Level 3

0 1 ( n = 1 cos ( π n 5 ) n ) d x = 1 2 log ( 1 2 ( a + b ) ) \large \int_0^1 \left( \sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{\cos \left(\frac{\pi n}{5}\right)}{n} \right) dx=\frac{1}{2} \log \left(\frac{1}{2} \left(a+\sqrt{b}\right)\right)

where a a and b b are positive integers. Submit a + b a+b .


The answer is 8.

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1 solution

John Frank
Mar 22, 2018

0 1 n = 1 c o s ( π n 5 ) n d x = n = 1 c o s ( π n 5 ) n \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{cos(\frac{\pi n}{5})}{n} dx = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{cos(\frac{\pi n}{5})}{n} because there are no x x terms in the summation, so to the integral it is just a constant.

Note that n = 1 x n n = ln ( 1 x ) \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{x^n}{n} = -\ln(1-x) .

n = 1 cos ( π n 5 ) n \displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{\cos(\frac{\pi n}{5})}{n} is the real part of n = 1 e π n i 5 n \displaystyle\sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{e^{\frac{\pi ni}{5}}}{n} .

n = 1 e π n i 5 n = ln ( 1 e π i 5 ) \displaystyle\sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{e^{\frac{\pi ni}{5}}}{n} = -\ln(1-e^{\frac{\pi i}{5}}) .

To obtain the real part of a complex logarithm, we rewrite the complex number into polar form. Its modulus will be its real part and its argument will be its imaginary part.

ln ( 1 e π i 5 ) = ln ( 2 sin ( π 10 ) e 9 i π 10 ) -\ln(1-e^{\frac{\pi i}{5}}) = -\ln(2\sin(\frac{\pi}{10})e^{\frac{9i\pi}{10}})

The real part is ln ( 2 sin ( π 10 ) ) -\ln(2\sin(\frac{\pi}{10})) . We take out a factor of 1 2 \frac{1}{2} to get 1 2 ln ( 4 sin 2 ( π 10 ) ) -\frac{1}{2}\ln(4\sin^2(\frac{\pi}{10})) . Using double angle formulae and the fact that cos ( π 5 ) = 1 + 5 4 \cos(\frac{\pi}{5}) = \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{4} , we arrive at 1 2 ln ( 3 + 5 2 ) \frac{1}{2}\ln(\frac{3+\sqrt{5}}{2}) .

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