definite integral

stuart clark

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If \(\displaystyle \displaystyle I_{n} = \int_{0}^{1}x^n.sin(\pi x)dx\),then calculate \(\displaystyle S_{n}=I_{0}+I_{1}+............I_{n}\) and prove that \(\displaystyle \lim_{n\to\infty} S_{n}=\int_{0}^{\pi}\frac{sinx}{x}dx\)
 
Since we are summing up the \(\displaystyle I_{n}'s\), we can write:

\(\displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{1}x^{n}sin(\pi x)dx\)

Now, switch the integral and sum (justified through a convergence theorem that I will not get into here).

\(\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}x^{k}sin(\pi x)dx\)

Take the sum using the closed form for the sum of a geometric series :

\(\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}\frac{sin(\pi x)}{1-x}\)

This is equivalent to:

\(\displaystyle \int_{0}^{\pi}\frac{sin(x)}{x}dx\)



As an aside:

We could also evaluate the integral by finding the recurrence in terms of n.

\(\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}x^{n}sin(\pi x)dx\)

By using parts twice, we get:

\(\displaystyle I_{n}=\frac{1}{\pi}-\frac{n(n-1)}{{\pi}^{2}}\cdot I_{n-2}\)

This gives the value of the integral for any value of n, in terms of the previous.

i.e. say we want \(\displaystyle I_{3}=\int_{0}^{1}x^{3}sin(\pi x)dx\)

This would be \(\displaystyle I_{3}=\frac{1}{\pi}-\frac{3(3-1)}{{\pi}^{2}}\cdot I_{1}\)

where \(\displaystyle I_{1}=\int_{0}^{1}xsin(\pi x)dx=\frac{1}{\pi}\)
 
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