Plenty of Integrate by Parts Part 2?

Calculus Level 5

You are given that 0 sin x x d x = π 2 . \displaystyle \int_0^\infty \frac { \sin x}{x} \, d x = \frac {\pi}{2}. If the value of 0 sin 8 x x 4 d x \displaystyle \int_0^\infty \frac { \sin^8 x}{x^4} \, dx is equal to a b π \dfrac ab\pi for coprime positive integers a a and b b . What is the value of a + b a+b ?


The answer is 13.

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Tunk-Fey Ariawan
Mar 25, 2014

Pi, I'm just kidding! Don't take this seriously!? Jeez! 0 sin 8 x x 4 d x = π 2 8 3 ! k = 0 4 ( 1 ) k ( 8 k ) ( 8 2 k ) 3 = π 12 . \int_0^\infty\frac{\sin^8 x}{x^4}dx=\frac{\pi}{2^8 3!}\sum_{k=0}^4 (-1)^k\binom{8}{k}(8-2k)^3=\frac{\pi}{12}. I won't integrate it like Pranav did and post the complete solution! Anyway, you're in Malaysia, aren't you? Since we are in the same time zone, I just wanna say, GOOD NIGHT! End!! :D


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You could at least integrate by parts!

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Pi Han Goh - 7 years, 2 months ago

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I did use by parts for this problem. :P

But I don't find my method satisfactory. Here's how I approached it:

Use integration by parts to get:

8 3 0 sin 7 x cos x x 3 d x \displaystyle \frac{8}{3}\int_0^{\infty}\frac{\sin^7 x \cos x}{x^3}\,dx

Again from IBP:

4 3 ( 0 7 sin 6 x cos 2 x sin 8 x x 2 ) d x \displaystyle \frac{4}{3}\left(\int_0^{\infty} \frac{7\sin^6 x \cos^2 x-\sin^8 x}{x^2}\,\right)\,dx

= 4 3 ( 7 0 sin 6 x x 2 d x 0 sin 8 x x 2 d x ) =\displaystyle \frac{4}{3}\left(7\int_0^{\infty} \frac{\sin^6 x}{x^2}\,dx-\int_0^{\infty} \frac{\sin^8 x}{x^2}\,dx\right)

= 7 I 1 I 2 =\displaystyle 7I_1-I_2

I evaluate I 1 I_1 . Use IBP to get:

I 1 = 6 0 sin 5 x cos x x d x \displaystyle I_1=6\int_0^{\infty}\frac{\sin^5 x\cos x}{x}\,dx

This is the step where I took help from W|A. I fed it with sin 5 x cos x \sin^5 x\cos x and it gave me the following alternate form: 5 sin ( 2 x ) 4 sin ( 4 x ) + sin ( 6 x ) 5\sin (2x)-4\sin(4x)+\sin(6x) . Using this I can easily evalaute I 1 I_1 . I can prove the above with the use of complex numbers but I feel there is a much better way to solve the problem because I couldn't reach the summation Fey has shown. Please help.

Many thanks!

Pranav Arora - 7 years, 2 months ago

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