Without Integration

Calculus Level 3

0 2 π sin ( x 2 ) d x \int_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}}\sin(x^2)\, dx Is the integral above less than, equal to, or greater than 0?

Less than 0 Equal to 0 Greater than 0

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3 solutions

Mark Hennings
Jul 25, 2019

The integral is 0 2 π sin ( x 2 ) d x = 0 2 π sin u 2 u d u = 1 2 0 π ( 1 u 1 u + π ) sin u d u > 0 \int_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}}\sin(x^2)\,dx \; = \; \int_0^{2\pi} \frac{\sin u}{2\sqrt{u}}\,du \; = \; \tfrac12\int_0^\pi \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{u}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{u+\pi}}\right)\,\sin u\,du \; > \; 0

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 25, 2019

Method 1: Without integration. Plotting y = sin ( x 2 ) y=\sin (x^2) from 0 0 to 2 π \sqrt{2\pi} clearly shows that the curve have a net area under the curve greater than 0 ,

Method 2: With simple integration.

I = 0 2 π sin ( x 2 ) d x By Maclaurin series = 0 2 π ( x 2 x 6 3 ! + x 10 5 ! ) d x > 0 2 π x 2 d x = x 3 3 0 2 π > 0 \begin{aligned} I & = \int_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}} \sin \left(x^2\right) dx & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{By Maclaurin series} \\ & = \int_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}} \left(x^2 - \frac {x^6}{3!} + \frac {x^{10}}{5!} - \cdots \right) dx \\ & > \int_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}} x^2 \ dx = \frac {x^3}3 \ \bigg|_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}} \boxed {> 0} \end{aligned}

As Fresnel S is always positive for arguments greater than 0 and 0 at 0. the problem's answer is also greater than 0.

π 2 S ( 2 ) \sqrt{\frac{\pi }{2}} S(2)

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