I=int_0^(oo) (sin(kx))/(x(x^2+1))dx Where k in RR^+ What methods can be employed to solve this integral?

sincsenekdq

sincsenekdq

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2022-09-12

I = 0 sin ( k x ) x ( x 2 + 1 ) d x
Where k R +
What methods can be employed to solve this integral?

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Nodussimj

Nodussimj

Beginner2022-09-13Added 14 answers

The method I took was:
Let
I ( t ) = 0 sin ( k x t ) x ( x 2 + 1 ) d x
Take the Laplace Transform
L [ I ( t ) ] = 0 L [ sin ( k x t ) ] x ( x 2 + 1 ) d x = 0 k x ( k 2 x 2 + s 2 ) x ( x 2 + 1 ) d x = 0 k ( k 2 x 2 + s 2 ) ( x 2 + 1 ) d x = 0 [ k 3 ( k 2 s 2 ) ( k 2 x 2 + s 2 ) k ( k 2 s 2 ) ( x 2 + 1 ) ] d x = [ k 3 ( k 2 s 2 ) arctan ( k x ) k s k ( k 2 s 2 ) arctan ( x ) ] 0 = k 2 s ( k 2 s 2 ) π 2 k ( k 2 s 2 ) π 2 = k k 2 s 2 [ k s 1 ] π 2 = k s ( k + s ) π 2
And thus,
I ( t ) = L 1 [ k s ( k + s ) π 2 ] = [ 1 e k t ] π 2
Lastly,
I = I ( 1 ) = [ 1 e k ] π 2
curukksm

curukksm

Beginner2022-09-14Added 2 answers

You can also use differentiation under the integral sign. Let
f : R R , f ( k ) = 0 sin ( k x ) x ( 1 + x 2 ) d x .
Clearly, f ( 0 ) = 0 . The dominated convergence theorem yields f C 1 ( R ) and
f ( k ) = 0 cos ( k x ) 1 + x 2 d x ,
so f ( 0 ) = π 2 . This integral has already been discussed on this site many times, but in order to keep the answer self-contained we can just differentiate one more time. As suggested here, for k>0 we let kx=t to find
f ( k ) = 0 k cos ( t ) k 2 + t 2 d t .
Thus we obtain f C 2 ( R + ) and
f ( k ) = 0 k 2 t 2 ( k 2 + t 2 ) 2 cos ( t ) d t = 0 t sin ( t ) k 2 + t 2 d t = 0 x sin ( k x ) 1 + x 2 d x = 0 sin ( k x ) x ( 1 + x 2 ) d x 0 sin ( k x ) x d x = f ( k ) π 2 , k > 0 ,
using the dominated convergence theorem, integration by parts and the known value of the Dirichlet integral. We conclude that f | [ 0 , ) is the (unique) solution of the initial value problem
{ g + g = π 2     i n   ( 0 , ) g ( 0 ) = 0 g ( 0 ) = π 2 ,
so f ( k ) = π 2 ( 1 e k ) , k 0 . Since f is obviously antisymmetric, the correct continuation to negative values is given by
f ( k ) = π 2 sgn ( k ) ( 1 e | k | ) , k R .

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