Wednesday, December 23, 2015

integration - Calculating the following integral using complex analysis: $int_{0}^{pi}e^{acos(theta)}cos(asin(theta)), dtheta$



I am trying to solve a question from my complex analysis test that
I didn't manage to do during the test in order to practice for the

next exam.



The problem is as follows:




Calculate $\int_{0}^{\pi}e^{a\cos(\theta)}\cos(a\sin(\theta))\,
d\theta$




Where the method used should be using complex analysis.




What I tried:



I have noticed $$e^{a\cos(\theta)}\cos(a\sin(\theta))=Re(e^{acis(\theta)})$$
where $cis(\theta):=\cos(\theta)+i\sin(\theta)$



Hence the integral is $$\int_{0}^{\pi}Re(e^{a(\cos(\theta)+i\sin(\theta))}\, d\theta$$



I did the change of variables: $z=ae^{i\theta}$, $dz=iae^{i\theta}\, d\theta\implies d\theta=\frac{dz}{iz}$.




When $\theta=0$ we have that $z=a$ and when $\theta=\pi$ we get
$z=-ia$



and so I wrote that the integral is



$$\int_{a}^{-ia}Re(e^{z})\,\frac{dz}{iz}$$



Now I don't understand how I got $e^{z}$, which seems wrong to me,
but what the checker actually marked in red and wrote a question mark
by were the integration limits: $a,-ia$ .




Can someone please help me understand what was wrong with what the
integration limits, and how to actually solve this integral ?



Any help is greatly appreciated!


Answer



As noted in Emmet´s comment, there is an error in your computation: when $\theta=\pi$ $z=-a$, not $-i\,a$ ($e^{\pi i}=-1$).



The computation becomes easier by noting that the integrand is even, so that it is one half of the integral between $0$ and $2\,\pi$. After the change of variables the integral becomes a line integral along the unit circle, and you can apply Cauchy's theorem or the calculus of residues.




I will work backwards. Consider the integral
$$
\int_{|z|=1}\frac{e^{az}}{i\,z}\,dz.
$$
By Cauchy's theorem its value is $2\,\pi$. Now let $z=e^{it}$. Then
\begin{align*}
\int_{|z|=1}\frac{e^{az}}{i\,z}\,dz&=\int_0^{2\pi}e^{ae^{it}}\frac{i\,e^{it}\,dt}{i\,e^{it}}\\
&=\int_0^{2\pi}e^{a(\cos t+i\sin t)}dt\\
&=\int_0^{2\pi}e^{a\cos t}\cos(a\sin t)\,dt+i\int_0^{2\pi}e^{a\cos t}\sin(a\sin t)\,dt.
\end{align*}

Finally, we get
$$
\int_0^{\pi}e^{a\cos t}\cos(a\sin t)\,dt=\pi.
$$


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