Sine and Cosine

Calculus Level 5

{ S ( n ) = 0 sin ( x n ) d x C ( n ) = 0 cos ( x n ) d x \begin{cases} S(n)= \displaystyle \int_{0}^{\infty}\sin(x^n)dx \\ C(n)=\displaystyle \int_{0}^{\infty}\cos(x^n)dx \end{cases}

The slope of y = S ( n ) C ( n ) y=\dfrac{S(n)}{C(n)} at n = π 3 n=\dfrac{\pi}{3} is A π + π cos B -\dfrac{A}{\pi+\pi\cos{B}} .

Submit your answer as A × B A\times B .


The answer is 27.

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Mark Hennings
Dec 3, 2017

Using a couple of fairly standard integrals, S ( u ) = 0 sin ( x u ) d x = 1 u 0 y 1 u 1 sin y d y = Γ ( 1 u ) u sin π 2 u C ( u ) = 0 cos ( x u ) d x = 1 u 0 y 1 u 1 cos y d y = Γ ( 1 u ) u cos π 2 u \begin{aligned} S(u) & = \; \int_0^\infty \sin(x^u)\,dx \; = \; \frac{1}{u} \int_0^\infty y^{\frac{1}{u} - 1}\sin y\,dy \; = \; \frac{\Gamma(\tfrac{1}{u})}{u} \sin \tfrac{\pi}{2u} \\ C(u) & = \; \int_0^\infty \cos(x^u)\,dx \; = \; \frac{1}{u} \int_0^\infty y^{\frac{1}{u} - 1}\cos y\,dy \; = \; \frac{\Gamma(\tfrac{1}{u})}{u} \cos \tfrac{\pi}{2u} \end{aligned} valid for u > 1 u > 1 . Thus S ( u ) C ( u ) = tan π 2 u \frac{S(u)}{C(u)} = \tan\tfrac{\pi}{2u} has derivative π 2 u 2 sec 2 π 2 u = π u 2 ( 1 + cos π u ) -\frac{\pi}{2u^2} \sec^2\tfrac{\pi}{2u} \; = \; -\frac{\pi}{u^2(1 + \cos \tfrac{\pi}{u})} for u > 1 u > 1 . When u = 1 3 π u = \tfrac13\pi this derivative equals 9 π ( 1 + cos 3 ) -\frac{9}{\pi(1 + \cos3)} making the answer 27 \boxed{27} .

Can you please explain the second equality? I have done it in another, much longer way, but I can't understand that equality:

1 u 0 y 1 u 1 sin y d y = Γ ( 1 u ) u sin π 2 u \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{u} \int_0^\infty y^{\frac{1}{u} - 1}\sin y\,dy\ = \frac{\Gamma(\tfrac{1}{u})}{u} \sin \tfrac{\pi}{2u}\end{aligned}

Thanks!

Filip Rázek - 3 years, 6 months ago

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If you integrate z v 1 e i z z^{v-1}e^{iz} around the quadrant contour formed by

  • the real axis between ε \varepsilon and R R ,
  • the circular arc z = R e i θ z = Re^{i\theta} for 0 θ 1 2 π 0 \le \theta \le \tfrac12\pi ,
  • the imaginary axis between i ε i\varepsilon and i R iR ,
  • the circular arc z = ε e i θ z = \varepsilon e^{i\theta} for 0 θ 1 2 π 0 \le \theta \le \tfrac12\pi ,

and let R R \to \infty and ε 0 \varepsilon \to 0 , then you can show that 0 x v 1 e i x d x = Γ ( v ) e 1 2 π i v \int_0^\infty x^{v-1} e^{ix}\,dx \; = \; \Gamma(v) e^{\frac12\pi iv} whenever 0 < v < 1 0 < v < 1 .

Mark Hennings - 3 years, 6 months ago

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Thanks a lot!

Filip Rázek - 3 years, 6 months ago

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