Evaluate the following integral:
∫ 0 π / 2 x N → ∞ lim k = 1 ∏ N cos ( 2 k x ) d x
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Since x sin x = N → ∞ lim k = 1 ∏ N cos 2 k x ⟹ sin x = N → ∞ lim k = 1 ∏ N x ⋅ cos 2 k x and hence ∫ 0 2 1 π N → ∞ lim k = 1 ∏ N x ⋅ cos 2 k x d x = ∫ 0 2 1 π sin x d x = 1
I didn't take the negative sign in account. Thanks for bringing that up. Have already corrected the limits of integration. ;)
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Since @Naren Bhandari has posted part of the solution, here it goes how to prove that
k = 1 ∏ ∞ cos ( 2 k x ) = x sin x .
Observe that
k = 1 ∏ N cos ( 2 k x ) = cos ( 2 x ) cos ( 4 x ) ⋯ cos ( 2 N x )
may be written as
2 sin ( 2 x ) sin x 2 sin ( 4 x ) sin ( 2 x ) ⋯ 2 sin ( 2 N x ) sin ( 2 ( N − 1 ) x ) = 2 N sin ( 2 N x ) sin x ,
since it is well-known that sin ( 2 α ) = 2 sin ( α ) cos ( α ) . Therefore if we take the limit
N → ∞ lim k = 1 ∏ N cos ( 2 k x ) = N → ∞ lim 2 N sin ( 2 N x ) sin x = sin x N → ∞ lim sin ( 2 N x ) 2 − N ,
we may use L'Hospital's rule to get
sin x N → ∞ lim sin ( 2 N x ) 2 − N = sin x N → ∞ lim d N d sin ( 2 N x ) d N d 2 − N = sin x N → ∞ lim x cos ( 2 N x ) 2 − N ( − N ) ln 2 2 − N ( − N ) ln 2 = x sin x .