Are there any ways to evaluate ∫∞0sinxxdx without using double integral?
I can't find any this kind of solution. Can anyone please help me? Thank you.
Answer
Here is a complex integration without the S.W. theorem. Define
f(z):=eizz⟹Resz=0(f)=lim
Now we choose the following contour (path to line-integrate the above complex function):
$$\Gamma:=[-R,-\epsilon]\cup\gamma_\epsilon\cup[\epsilon,R]\cup\gamma_R\,\,,\,\,0
With \,\displaystyle{\gamma_M:=\{z=Me^{it}\;:\;M>0\,\,,\,\,0\leq t\leq \pi\}}\,
Since our function \,f\, has no poles within the region enclosed by \,\Gamma\,, the integral theorem of Cauchy gives us
\int_\Gamma f(z)\,dz=0
OTOH, using the lemma and its corollary here and the residue we got above , we have
\int_{\gamma_\epsilon}f(z)\,dz\xrightarrow[\epsilon\to 0]{}\pi i
And by Jordan's lemma we also get
\int_{\gamma_R}f(z)\,dz\xrightarrow [R\to\infty]{}0
Thus passing to the limits \,\epsilon\to 0\,\,,\,\,R\to\infty\,
0=\lim_{\epsilon\to 0}\lim_{R\to\infty}\int_\Gamma f(z)\,dz=\int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{e^{ix}}{x}dx-\pi i
and comparing imaginary parts in both sides of this equation (and since \,\frac{\sin x}{x}\, is an even function) , we finally get
2\int_0^\infty\frac{\sin x}{x}=\pi\Longrightarrow \int_0^\infty\frac{\sin x}{x} dx=\frac{\pi}{2}
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