Using Feynman's technique TWICE! (the integral of sin^3(x)/x^3 from 0 to inf)

[@blackpenredpen]

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Looking at the clock and hearing it being synchronized with my own wall clock makes me feel like I am in the class :D Great integral!

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[@yutaj5296]

Expressing sin³(𝑥) in terms of sin(3𝑥) and sin(𝑥) using the triple angle formula in the first place seems helps.

[@drpeyam]

Reminds me of the Borwein integrals a bit

[@jamiewalker329]

The integral - after using the fact that the integrand is even, using the triple angle formula can be written as 1/8 Im{ integral (e^i3x - 3e^ix)/x^3 dx } where the integral runs from -infinty to infinity. We can analytically continue into the complex plane, separate the two integrals, run a contour along an infinite semi-circle in upper half plane, and a small-semi circle in upper half plate, circulating the singlarities at z = 0 of the function. Using Jordan's lemma to determine that the integral around the large semi-circle is 0, and using Cauchy residue (no poles within contour) means that the integral is equivalent to integrating in the complex plane the above integral around an infinitely small semi-circle, centred at z = 0. The result is 1/8 Im(0.5*2*i*pi*residue at z = 0). The residue, of the above integrand at z = 0 is -3 (which can be quickly checked by expanding the exponential numerator to quadratic term. Plugging this in gives the answer...no Feynman...

[@pashaw8380]

Indeed.

[@chayanaggarwal3431]

Yes I did thought of the same way whenever the limits are till infinity with some power of x in denominator I always first try to use the residue theorem

[@peamutbubber]

Except u can do this without any of that, u overcomplicate the simple

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Well, yes, _obviously_ any Calc 1 student already knows how to do that, so why not challenge yourself to trying a different method?

[@sngash]

This is excellent and the video led me to Math 505's generalized version of sin^n(x)/x^n which looks like a great beast for you to work your magic on and possibly make understandable at around calc 2 level :). I struggled following the differentiation portion

[@h10r60v]

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[@zunaidparker]

If you Laplace transform this integral you'll see why the value for the 3rd power is different from the first two powers. Essentially you're doing a convolution, which amounts to taking a moving average over a sliding window of a rectangular function. For the first 2 powers, the window isn't wide enough to affect the value of the average over the moving window, but for the 3rd power, eventually we are averaging zero contributions from outside the rectangle which brings the moving average down. 3blue1brown did an AWESOME video into this: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmaUhmhrbM9pfqc

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[@kelvin31272]

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[@ritvikg]

10:16 I didn't get this step. Firstly how did he replaced the sin(3tx) with just sin(tx) and in the next step after substituting tx as u, he should get a 't' after integration which he missed as well. It should have been -3πt/8 + 9πt/8 considering his previous step of omitting 3 from the sin is right. Can anyone help me with this.

[@ernestschoenmakers8181]

I didn't get that either, he switched from sin(3tx) to sin(tx), must be a mistake over there and maybe despite of that the result is the same by coincidence.

[@digbycrankshaft7572]

The first issue is definitely a mistake. With regard to the u=tx substitution this gives dx=du/t. When the substitution is performed it gives integral of sinu/(tx) du and as u=tx this gives integral of sinu/u du with the limits of integration being u=t×0=0 and u=t×infinity=infinity. This then is just the straightforward known integral with u instead of x with the same limits of integration giving pi/2.

[@amirbasson532]

There was no mistake, The integral from the type: integral from zero to infinity of sin(Ax)/x dx always equal to π/2, because: (Integral from zero to infinity of sin(tx)/x dx) let tx = u x = u/t dx = du/t and then: the integral of sin(u)/(u/t) × du/t equal to: t×sin(u)/u × du/t t and t cancel out (the integral from zero to infinity of sin(u)/u du)= π/2 and because of this: the integral from zero to infinity of sin(3tx)/x = the integral from zero to infinity of sin(tx)/x = π/2 Hope I helped you :)

[@digbycrankshaft7572]

@@amirbasson532 it was a mistake not making any reference to this fact as it was an assumption which has evidently caused confusion to several people.

[@shoto206]

@@amirbasson532 ohhhh that explains it, thanks!

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[@omograbi]

10:14 shouldn't it be sin(3tx)/x? Or it's anyway the same answer?

[@ianfowler9340]

I would say it's a different answer.

[@MarkPaul1316]

@omograbi gives the same answer, but he could have continued with sin(3tx)/x, making the substitution a = 3tx, arriving at the integral of from 0 to infinity of (sina)/a which gives pi/2.

[@yoyoezzijr]

its the same answer, integral of sin(tx) / x from 0 to ∞ is π/2, so putting 3t instead of t will be the same

[@wolliwolfsen291]

Yes, it‘s the same result, but it is confusing

[@krisbrandenberger544]

Both integrals will have the same exact value. Performing the substitution u=t*x for the first one will imply that 1/x=t/u and dx=(1/t)du, which makes the t's cancel out. Likewise, for the second one, if you let w=3*t*x, that will imply that 1/x=3*t/w and dx=(1/(3*t))dw, which makes the 3*t's cancel out.

[@-fai7485]

Hey sir, Feynman's technique is mad cool but... Where should I set the parameter? Is there any "rule" to follow? I mean, you are supposed to put the parameter on a place in which after deriving, the integral is easier to solve, but it would be marvelous if you have a structured guide that tells you where to put it depending on the situation. It would be great a video like... "When and where to use Feynman's technique" Thanks sir.

[@mumilala9940]

The alternative way is Fourier transform, split it into (sinx/x)(sin²x/x²) then convolution time!

[@md2perpe]

I used that technique for the integral of sin²x/(x²(1+x²)), seen in kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWaVdZSmpK1kba8

[@CDChester]

Another integral for the collection!

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[@DanielCohen-d4v]

Because sin^3(x)/x^3 is an even func you can write the integral to be 1/2 of the same integral over the real line. Then after you take the d/dt and use the sin^2(x)=1-cos^2(x) you get an odd function over a simatric interval, so it's 0. So you don't need to take the second d/dt you did

[@God-ld6ll]

use infinity & beyond. works wonders

[@fantastic1046]

We can get the same result by a sampled function and sampled squared in frequency domain then taking area at freq = 0

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[@prollysine]

Hi bprp, thank you, the complicated calculation can be followed. Yes, Mr. Feynman could not only joke... I will study a lot...

[@boomgmr6403]

At 11:54 you dont write sin3tx again, is that a mistake?

[@boomgmr6403]

dont you then get integral sin3tx/x dx? Does that change something?

[@Gamedolf]

At 10:50 he says you can have any constant multiple and it will always be pi/2

[@djsmeguk]

Yes, but also no. The result is always pi/2 so it's not significant.

[@boomgmr6403]

@@Gamedolf I see

[@MarkPaul1316]

@@boomgmr6403 he should have written it as sin3tx and shown that making the substitution u = 3tx would take the integral from 0 to infinity of (sinu)/u which gives pi/2.

[@wcottee]

Maybe I missed it but at 10:16 how did the second term go from sin(3tx) to just sin(tx)?

[@ActALCOCERBONILLAARTUROAZAEL]

Same doubt

[@noopcode]

it was a mistake but the integral is still pi/2

[@cristofer6806]

yeah It should be 3tx but as he already mentioned, the result is π/2 regardless of the input.

[@selectname9790]

I don't think we need to do the u-substitution separately for the sin(3tx) to see that it is also π/2. We can reason directly from the sin(tx)/x integral. Since it's result is π/2 for any t value that means even 3t is a value that works. So t=1,2,'3',4,5,'6',7... work which includes the multiples of 3 ie. t=3,6,9...

[@selectname9790]

@@noopcode but yeah I think he just missed writing the 3

[@premdeepkhatri1441]

Thank You for this video.

[@maalikserebryakov]

you can use de moivre angular expansion to write trig^n as a sum of linear trig

[@scottleung9587]

Damn, that's hardcore - nice going!

[@mikefochtman7164]

I lost something at 10:16. You got 9/4 int(0,inf) sin(tx)/x. But the previous step it was 3/4 sin(3tx)3x/x^2 ?? Shouldn't the argument to the sin function still be 3tx? How did that 3 disappear?

[@kelvin31272]

So here's what I think: the missing 3 was a copying mistake, which luckily turns out not to have any consequence on the answer, since the definite integral of the form sin(ax)/x evaluated between 0 and inf, is always equal to π/2, for all a > 0 (I think!) That means no matter if it is sin(3t) or sin(t) on the top, both integrals are still of the form sin(ax)/x (assuming t> 0 so that a>0, which was indeed stated earlier), and so both integrals are still π/2. If you want to prove that this is true, solve by subbing u=ax, and thus dx=du/a, into the integral of sin(ax)/x evaluated between 0 and inf, simplify, and you'll see it becomes the integral of sin(u)/u from 0 to inf, which is already known to be π/2. Thus the integral in that line where he makes the mistake, with or without the 3, is still equivalent to π/2, and there is no impact on the final answer. I hope this helped!

[@josdurkstraful]

I understood absolutely nothing of all this but still watched the whole video...

[@ericknutson8310]

10:22 i believe you miss the 3tx in the argument of the right most sin integrand. however a similar substitution of w = 3tx for the right integrand at this step gives the exact same conclusions.

[@fordtimelord8673]

I know it’s not the same integral, but I recommend checking out the use of complex contour integration to come up with a general formula for the integral of sin (x^n)/x^n on the same interval. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pafNaGSnpZx2as0

[@worldnotworld]

Fantastic. Need to rehearse my trig identities!

[@Master_mind__235]

To take out √-1 put e^iπ in the place of -1 Please do it !

[@pacifyplayer]

After you simplified I''(t), where you split the integral into two integrals, how did you get rid of the 3tx inside of the sin function? In the next step, there is just a tx and no 3tx, how can you do this? Can someone explain, please?

[@kelvin31272]

So here's what I think: the missing 3 was a copying mistake, which luckily turns out not to have any consequence on the answer, since the definite integral of the form sin(ax)/x evaluated between 0 and inf, is always equal to π/2, for all a > 0 (I think!) That means no matter if it is sin(3t) or sin(t) on the top, both integrals are still of the form sin(ax)/x (assuming t> 0 so that a>0, which was indeed stated earlier), and so both integrals are still π/2. If you want to prove that this is true, solve by subbing u=ax, and thus dx=du/a, into the integral of sin(ax)/x evaluated between 0 and inf, simplify, and you'll see it becomes the integral of sin(u)/u from 0 to inf, which is already known to be π/2. Thus the integral in that line where he makes the mistake, with or without the 3, is still equivalent to π/2, and there is no impact on the final answer. I hope this helped!

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I like to think that he's just in somebody else's office at 12:30 in the morning doing integrals

[@imsengky]

It is so good. I am really happy to see that solution. Thank

[@AbhishekSachans]

At 10:20, in the sex nd integral, it should be sin(3t).

[@PunmasterSTP]

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[@Manuel_Gestal]

10:13 wouldn't it be sin(3tx) instead of sin(tx) ??

[@Ron-pe4bp]

Good catch but kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp7Yip2umLd8jtE So I think it doesn't matter.

[@syamantagogoi]

10:14 In the second integral it should have been Sin(3tx) in numerator and I think it would be difficult to get the final answer in this context.

[@melstadevosyan]

How did sin(3tx) became sin(tx)? Are they equal?

[@fadihamed4826]

I've the same question also ... that it makes my brain explode

[@amtep]

I think it was a mistake that didn't matter to the answer, because the integral of sin(ax)/x dx is the same for any nonzero a

[@ee-prakalyadav]

I solve these question in my paper . But your techniques are quite impressive

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[@frederickwong4390]

I think using the triple angle formula sin(3x)=3sin(x)-4(sin(x))^3 is easier. Unlike what other have said, there is no need to use contour integration.

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[@danmart1879]

I was lost for most of the video !! I have a long way to go.

[@yabaminozomi]

10:14 why the sin (3tx) suddenly becomes sin(tx)

[@Ron-pe4bp]

Good catch but kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp7Yip2umLd8jtE So I think it doesn't matter.

[@holyshit922]

Integrate by parts twice with D I sin^3(x) 1/x^3 then substitute u=3x finally i got 3/4Int(sin(x)/x,x=0..infinity) then i calculated Laplace transform L(sin(t)/t) and plugged in s = 0

[@jeanmaxcoransoni2183]

At 10:14 : error sin(3tx) not sin(tx)

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[@maalikserebryakov]

5:20 this is the main weakness in your approach ive noticed When you arrive at two viable techniques to modify the integration you force yourself to choose. Just do both!

[@ayoubelouafy6174]

There's a mistake in the 2nd derivative of I(t) in the 2nd line you got sin(3tx) in the 2nd term. All respect to u it's a hard integral .

[@jatingupta6198]

I didn't understand what u did but i would have used product rule of integration using ILATE😅

[@khoozu7802]

A fastest way is applying the formula sin^3(x)=1/4(3sinx-sin3x) And using integrate by parts

[@dipankarbanerjee1130]

Actually what is Feynman's trick ? I am a high school student and this isn't in my syllabus but I am eager to know

[@KingGisInDaHouse]

Wouldn’t complex analysis work here?

[@uncelesteperro8258]

10:12 how did he get rid of the 3 on sine's angle?

[@Ron-pe4bp]

Good catch but kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp7Yip2umLd8jtE So I think it doesn't matter.

[@darkknight32920]

Sorry for the naive question, but when solving for c, what if you let t equal any multiple of pi? Wouldn't that change what c is? Why is it possible to choose the "easiest" value?

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There's three, actually

[@lilsourmango]

At 6:20 why do we have cos(tx)-cos(2tx)?Where does the minus come from? And why do we have a plus afterwards?

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[@yokoyapen]

9:32 the 2 appears like magic

[@mcalkis5771]

After the 100-x series I am surprised you want to even SEE another integral ever again.

[@wydadiyoun]

10:55 proof pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase! why it always give pi/2 with any constant???

[@wydadiyoun]

ok nevermind, I figured it out with my effort

[@leonig100]

at 10.19 sin(3tx) becomes sin(tx) after the separation of the 2 integrals. Is this correct?

[@INSANITY335]

we can even use sin3theta here right?

[@Sbombaflex]

sin(3tx) right high corner , where did he go?

[@romanbykov5922]

9:45 why did you differentiate the numerator here but didn't you differentiate the denominator of x^2?

[@PaoloCasillo]

Because x^2 is a constant in t world.

[@arsh.008]

On the right half of the board, the second step where you took negative common, shouldn't it be -(9/4) and so on?

[@amtep]

No he split the expression at the +, so the left half is for -sin(tx)•x and the right half is for sin(3tx)•3x

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[@Mini_Wolf.]

Can you do the taylor series of sin and work from there?

[@bisheshshakya3838]

10:13 If I'm not mistaken, it's supposed to be sin(3tx) but you wrote sin(tx)....please clarify?

[@EntropicNightmare]

When you do the u substitution when computing I''(t), you get constant 3pi/4, which is fine for all t>0, but how do you justify that at t=0 where the integral appears to give zero when you go to fix your constants of integration?

[@physicsmath8293]

14:42 sin(3tX) ---》 sin(tX) ?!!! I have a problem here 😕

[@thelittlesillystar]

what if d/dx((sinh(x*ln(x)))^(2x*cos(x)))

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[@nickharrison3748]

what is the practical use of this equation?

[@fadiel-riachi6675]

I am confused by the evaluation of I'(0) and I(0) at 12:14 and 13:26 respectively. Shouldn't (sin(x)/x)^n be equal to 1 at x=0 for positive integers n? Is there something I am missing? In order to have a nice value for I'(t), we need cos(tx) to be 0. In other words, we need to evaluate at tx= pi(k-1)/2, which changes the expression a lot and affects the next integration that finds I(t).

[@amtep]

If t = 0 then the sin(tx) term is 0 and the whole expression goes to 0. Remember that I is a function over t not over x, so x = 0 doesn't need to be considered anywhere.

[@fadiel-riachi6675]

@@amtep Right, of course! Thank you!

[@emmagutielmejor]

Borwein integrals ?

[@tarentinobg]

I'd use brackets [ ] instead of multiple parentheses. Love your work. Thank you.

[@ThreePointOneFou]

So would I. Unfortunately, the old rule about surrounding parentheses with brackets (and brackets with braces) is becoming increasingly out of vogue. Current standards of mathematical notation lean toward using all parentheses, even though it can obscure nested expressions.

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[@Johnny-tw5pr]

Would this work? I(t)=(integral)sin^tx/x^t

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Is this integral generalizable for n?

[@krishnankuttyp4478]

Sin3xt/x put 3xt=u x=u/3t 3tdx=du dx=du/3t integral sin3xt/xdx=(sinu×du/3t)/u/3t =integral sinu/udu =pie/2

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How can we write d/dx( sin^3x) = 3sin^2x cosx ?????? 😏

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Sum of n=1 to infinity of 1/x^x =..?

[@krishnanadityan2017]

The second term in I'''(t) expression on RHS is not correct

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Hey blackpenredpen, I can't figure it out, but why is x^(1/log_b(x)) equal to b (the base of the logarithm)?

[@spaghetti1383]

Assume that identity is true. Then take log base b on both sides. Each side simplifies to 1. Logarithms are increasing and 1=1 so the identity must be true.

[@Wout680]

@@spaghetti1383 That was a very clear explanation, thank you :)