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Calculus Level 4

I = 0 sin ( x 5 ) x d x \large I = \int_{0}^{\infty} \dfrac{\sin (x^5)}{x} \, dx

Compute 1000 × I \lfloor 1000 \times I \rfloor .


The answer is 314.

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2 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Nov 24, 2015

sin ( x 5 ) x d x = sin ( x 5 ) x 5 x 4 d x = 1 5 S i ( x 5 ) + C \int\frac{\sin(x^5)}{x}dx=\int\frac{\sin(x^5)}{x^5}x^4dx=\frac{1}{5}Si(x^5)+C , where S i ( x ) Si(x) denotes the sine integral, so that the limit is I = 1 5 π 2 I=\frac{1}{5}\frac{\pi}{2} and the answer we seek is 314 \boxed{314}

As simple as that sir.

Tanishq Varshney - 5 years, 6 months ago

I could solve this because I remembered the integral for sin θ θ \frac{ \sin \theta}{\theta} = π 2 \frac{\pi}{2}

But could someone show me how that is equal to π 2 \frac{ \pi}{2}

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 6 months ago

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In my calculus classes, I do this as follows: 0 sin x x d x = 0 0 e x y sin x d y d x = 0 0 e x y sin x d x d y = 0 1 1 + y 2 d y = π 2 \int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{\sin x}{x}dx=\int_{0}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-xy}\sin x {dy}{dx} = \int_{0}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-xy}\sin x dx dy=\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+y^2}dy=\frac{\pi}{2} At the second equality, we use an extension of Fubini's theorem that you can find in a good calculus text; the other steps are basic calculus.

Otto Bretscher - 5 years, 6 months ago

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We haven't beem taught double integrals or Fubinis's theorem ( or many theorems for now. ). I will try to read up on them. Thank you, sir. :D

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 6 months ago

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@A Former Brilliant Member Just think of the double integral as doing one integral at a time, treating the other variable as a constant when doing the inside integral. For example, 0 e x y sin x d y = sin x x \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-xy}\sin{x}dy=\frac{\sin x}{x} . For the other double integral, do the inside integral by parts.

Roughly speaking, Fubini's theorem states that, under very weak assumptions, we can reverse the order of the integration in a double integral. One can show that this reversal is allowed in our case, although the details of the proof are a bit technical.

Otto Bretscher - 5 years, 6 months ago

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@Otto Bretscher Ah, I see. That simplifies it a bit. Thank you, sir.

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 6 months ago

Hint: Call the integral I ( a ) = 0 exp ( a x ) sin x x d x I(a)=\int_{0}^{\infty} \exp(-ax) \frac{\sin x}{x} dx . This integral exists and is finite for all a > 0 a>0 . Taking derivative with respect to a a and differentiating under the integral sign , we have d I ( a ) d a = 0 exp ( a x ) sin x d x = 1 1 + a 2 \frac{dI(a)}{da} = -\int_{0}^{\infty} \exp(-ax) \sin x dx=-\frac{1}{1+a^2} Hence, I ( a ) = tan 1 ( a ) + C I(a)= -\tan^{-1}(a) + C Also, as a a \to \infty , I ( a ) 0 I(a) \to 0 (which follows from Dominated Convergence Theorem (DCT)). Thus, we have I ( a ) = π 2 tan 1 ( a ) I(a)=\frac{\pi}{2}-\tan^{-1}(a) Invoking DCT once again, this time letting a 0 a\to 0 , we conclude that 0 sin x x d x = π 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\sin x}{x} dx=\frac{\pi}{2}

Abhishek Sinha - 5 years, 6 months ago

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WOW this solution discussion is a treasure chest! Thanks Comrade Otto and Abhishek Sinha .

Pi Han Goh - 5 years, 6 months ago

I am going to read up on the DCT. Thank you, sir. Nice solution.

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 6 months ago

We can use Laplace transform: first reduce it is to (sin (t))/t and then find the laplace transform and then substitute s as 0

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