Just a Double Integral

Calculus Level 3

0 1 y 1 sin ( x ) x d x d y = a cos ( b ) \int_0^1\int_y^1 \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dx\,dy = a-\cos(b) The equation above holds true for integers a a and b b . What is a b a^b ?


The answer is 1.

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Vincent Moroney
Jul 14, 2018

Graph the region described in the iterated integral and recognize the equivalent region described by 0 y x 0\leq y \leq x , 0 x 1 0 \leq x \leq 1 . We use this to greatly simplify the problem 0 1 y 1 sin ( x ) x d x d y = 0 x 0 1 sin ( x ) x d x d y = 0 1 0 x sin ( x ) x d y d x = 0 1 sin ( x ) d x = 1 cos ( 1 ) . \begin{aligned} \int_0^1\int_y^1\frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dx\,dy = & \int_0^x\int_0^1 \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dx\,dy \\ = & \int_0^1\int_0^x\frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dy\,dx \\ = & \int_0^1 \sin(x)\,dx \\ = & 1-\cos(1). \end{aligned} So we have a b = 1 1 = 1 a^b=1^1=\boxed{1} .

Conventionally, 0 x 0 1 sin ( x ) x d x d y \int_0^x \int_0^1 \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dx\,dy would be iterated integrals, in which case it's not correct.

It is possible you actually mean it as a double integral (in the sense of being an actual integral over the two-dimensional R 2 \mathbb{R}^2 ), but I've never personally seen one written like that. Usually something like this is more typical: 0 y x 1 sin ( x ) x d A \iint_{0\leq y \leq x \leq 1} \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dA (though the d A dA is sometimes written as d x d y dx\,dy )

Brian Moehring - 2 years, 11 months ago
Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 15, 2018

I = 0 1 y 1 sin x x d x d y = 0 1 ( 0 1 sin x x d x 0 y sin x x d x ) d y Since sine integral Si ( z ) = 0 z sin t t d t = 0 1 ( Si ( 1 ) Si ( y ) ) d y Using integration by parts = y Si ( 1 ) 0 1 y Si ( y ) 0 1 + 0 1 x sin x x d x = Si ( 1 ) 0 Si ( 1 ) + 0 cos y 0 1 = 1 cos 1 \begin{aligned} I & = \int_0^1 \int_y^1 \frac {\sin x}x dx \ dy \\ & = \int_0^1 \left(\int_0^1 \frac {\sin x}x dx - \int_0^y \frac {\sin x}x dx \right) dy & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Since sine integral } \text{Si }(z) = \int_0^z \frac {\sin t}t dt \\ & = \int_0^1 \left(\text{Si }(1) - {\color{#3D99F6}\text{Si }(y)} \right) dy & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Using integration by parts } \\ & = y\text{Si }(1) \ \bigg|_0^1 - \color{#3D99F6} y\text{Si }(y) \ \bigg|_0^1 + \int_0^1 x \cdot \frac {\sin x}x dx \\ & = \text{Si }(1) - 0 - \text{Si }(1) + 0 - \cos y \ \bigg|_0^1 \\ & = 1 - \cos 1 \end{aligned}

Therefore, a b = 1 1 = 1 a^b = 1^1 = \boxed{1} .

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