I know that integration of ∫sinxxdx=Si(x), but when I tried it myself I am getting a different answer. Please check where I am going wrong.
To find:
Closed form of ∫sinxxdx
Integrating by parts:
∫sinxxdx=sinxlogx−∫cosxlogxdx
Now finding: ∫cosxlogx
∫cosxlogx=−logxsinx−∫−sinxxdx
Putting value of ∫cosxlogx back:
∫sinxxdx=sinxlogx−(−logxsinx−∫−sinxxdx)
2∫sinxxdx=2sinxlogx
∫sinxxdx=sinxlogx
Answer
In your second integration by parts, you got the signs wrong (and you forgot a dx). It should be
∫cosxlogxdx=logxsinx−∫sinxxdx
If you plug this back into your first formula, you get:
∫sinxxdx=logxsinx−(logxsinx−∫sinxxdx)=∫sinxxdx
which doesn't say much. Basically you did the same integration by parts twice, once in one direction then in reverse. You cannot compute anything like that.
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