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sin(x)/x

2007-11-28 09:10:01 · 2 answers · asked by lordvoom2 2 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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This function will not integrate into any normal functions and in fact mathematicians had to invent a new function.
It is defined via this integral.
si(x) = ∫sin(x)/x dx
This is also commonly called SinIntegral.
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2007-11-28 09:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

What you have is an integral with no closed form solution. You can use integration by parts and you'' end up with :

integral = -cos(x)/x +integral(cos(x)/x^2 dx)

Then you can integrate by parts again and agains and again. Esstneitally, you never get e closed form solution just a sequence of sin(x) or cos(x) over x to some increasing large power.

2007-11-28 17:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by nyphdinmd 7 · 1 1

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