# integral of $\int \limits_{0}^{\infty}\frac {\sin (x^n)} {x^n}dx$

what is the answer of $$\int \limits_{0}^{\infty}\frac {\sin (x^n)} {x^n}dx$$

From this A sine integral $\int_0^{\infty} \left(\frac{\sin x }{x }\right)^n\,\mathrm{d}x$ I saw the answer for $$\int \limits_{0}^{\infty}\left(\frac {\sin x} {x}\right)^ndx$$

but for my question i didn't see any answer

is there any help

thanks for all

$$n>1:$$

$$f(t)=\int_0^{\infty} \frac{\sin tx^n}{x^n}\,dx\Rightarrow f'(t)=\int_0^{\infty}\cos tx^n\,dx=\frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{t}}\int_0^{\infty}\cos x^n\,dx$$

This is the generalised Fresnel integral, which evaluates to:

$$\int_0^{\infty} \cos x^n\,dx=\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2n}\right) \Gamma \left(\frac{n+1}{n}\right)\;\;(\star)$$

Noting that $f(0)=0:$

$$f(1)=\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2n}\right) \Gamma \left(\frac{n+1}{n}\right)\int_0^1\frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{t}}dt=\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2n}\right)\Gamma \left(\frac{1}{n}\right)\frac{1}{n-1}$$

As requested, here is a proof $(\star):$ consider the following paths:

\begin{aligned}\gamma(x)=x,\, 0 \leq x\leq r,\;\;\gamma'(t)=te^{i \frac{\pi}{2n}},\, 0\leq t\leq r,\;\;\mu(\theta)=re^{i \theta},\, 0\leq \theta \leq \tfrac{\pi}{2n}\end{aligned}

By Cauchy, $\displaystyle \int_{\gamma} e^{iz^n}\,dz+\int_{\mu} e^{iz^n}\,dz=\int_{\gamma'} e^{iz^n}\,dz$

On the RHS, as $r\to\infty:$

\begin{aligned}\displaystyle\int_{\gamma'} e^{iz^n}\,dz=e^{i\frac{\pi}{2n}}\int_0^{r} e^{-t^n}dt=\frac{e^{i\frac{\pi}{2n}}}{n}\int_0^{\sqrt[n]{r}} s^{\frac{1}{n}-1}e^{-s}\,ds\to \frac{e^{i\frac{\pi}{2n}}}{n}\, \Gamma \left(\frac{1}{n}\right)=e^{i \frac{\pi}{2n}}\Gamma\left(\frac{n+1}{n}\right)\end{aligned}

On the LHS, as $r\to\infty:$

$$\left|\int_{\mu} e^{iz^n}\,dz\right|= \left|ir\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2n}}e^{i\left(r^n e^{in\theta}+\theta\right)}\,d \theta\right| \leq r\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2n}} e^{-r^n\sin n\theta}\,d\theta \to 0$$

and obviously $\displaystyle \int_{\gamma} e^{iz^n}\,dz=\int_0^{\infty} e^{ix^n}\,dx$ as $r\to\infty$

Thus, equating real & imaginary parts:

$$\int_0^{\infty} \cos x^n\,dx=\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2n}\right) \Gamma \left(\frac{n+1}{n}\right)$$

$$\int_0^{\infty} \sin x^n\,dx=\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2n}\right) \Gamma \left(\frac{n+1}{n}\right)$$

• thanks alot but how to prove that $$\int_0^{\infty} \cos x^n\,dx=\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2n}\right) \Gamma \left(\frac{n+1}{n}\right)$$ – adam Jul 28 '13 at 2:07
• @hmedan.mnsh Added ;) – L. F. Jul 28 '13 at 2:09

Using the change of variables $x^n=t$ gives

$$I = \int \limits_{0}^{\infty}\frac {\sin (x^n)} {x^n}dx=\frac{1}{n}\int _{0}^{\infty }\!\sin\left( t \right) {t}^{{\frac {1-2\,n}{n}}} {dt}.$$

Now, recalling the Mellin transform of a function $f$

$$F(s)=\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{s-1}f(x) dx.$$

One can right away evaluate $I$ by finding the Mellin transform of $\sin(x)$ which is

$$\Gamma \left( s \right) \sin \left( \frac{\pi \,s}{2} \right),$$

and then substituting $s=\frac{1-n}{n}$ (since $s-1={\frac {1-2\,n}{n}}$ ) to get

$$I = \frac{1}{n} \Gamma\left( \frac{1-n}{n} \right) \sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\frac{1-n}{n} \right)\quad n\in \mathbb{N}.$$

Note: The following is a useful identity

$$\Gamma(1-z) \Gamma(z) = {\pi \over \sin{(\pi z)}},$$

which is known as the Euler's reflection formula.

Start by integration by parts

$$I= \frac{n}{n-1}\int^{\infty}_0 \cos(x^n)\, dx$$

Now use the transformation $x^n \to x$

$$I= \frac{1}{n-1}\int^{\infty}_0 \cos(x)\, x^{\frac{1}{n}-1}\, dx$$

Notice that

$$\Re(I) = \Re \left( \frac{1}{n-1}\int^{\infty}_0 e^{-ix}\, x^{\frac{1}{n}-1}\,dx\right)$$

Consider the Laplace transform

$$\Re\left( \frac{1}{n-1} \frac{\Gamma \left(\frac{1}{n} \right)}{\sqrt[n]{-i}} \right)$$

Using the principle logarithm

$$\Re\left( \frac{e^{\frac{\pi}{2n}i}}{n-1} \Gamma \left(\frac{1}{n} \right) \right)$$

Hence we have

$$I = \frac{1}{n-1} \cos\left( \frac{\pi}{2n}\right)\Gamma \left(\frac{1}{n} \right)$$

For a more general solution look at http://integralsandseries.prophpbb.com/topic6.html

• but how they prove the general case – adam Jul 28 '13 at 18:55
• Hey , nice to see arabic people here. What general case ? – Zaid Alyafeai Jul 28 '13 at 19:51
• nice to see you وانا ارسلت لك طلب عالفايسبوك I mean the general case in your link – adam Jul 28 '13 at 20:07