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)=limz→0zf(z)=ei⋅0=1
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 γM:={z=Meit:M>0,0≤t≤π}
Since our function f has no poles within the region enclosed by Γ, the integral theorem of Cauchy gives us
∫Γf(z)dz=0
OTOH, using the lemma and its corollary here and the residue we got above , we have
∫γϵf(z)dz→ϵ→0πi
And by Jordan's lemma we also get
∫γRf(z)dz→R→∞0
Thus passing to the limits ϵ→0,R→∞
0=limϵ→0limR→∞∫Γf(z)dz=∫∞−∞eixxdx−πi
and comparing imaginary parts in both sides of this equation (and since sinxx is an even function) , we finally get
2∫∞0sinxx=π⟹∫∞0sinxxdx=π2
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