Wednesday, 24 December 2014

calculus - integration via Euler's formula, the wikipedia article is confusing me



On the wikipedia's article about integration using Euler's formula
they use sin2xcos4xdx as an example:



sin2xcos4xdx


(eixeix2i)2(e4ix+e4ix2)dx

18e6ix+e6ix2e4ix2e4ix+e2ix+e2ixdx




And then it says that we can either integrate as it is or substitute the integrand with cos6x2cos4x+cos2x, shouldn't that be 2cos6x4cos4x+2cos2x? Is wikipedia wrong or what am I not understanding?


Answer



Rewrite the integral as
18(e6ix+e6ix2e4ix2e4ix+e2ix+e2ix)dx=(14e6ix+e6ix224e4ix+e4ix2+14e2ix+e2ix2)dx=(14cos6x12cos4x+14cos2x)dx=14(cos6x2cos4x+cos2x)dx


but
(14cos6x12cos4x+14cos2x)dx=18(2cos6x4cos4x+2cos2x)dx.

I think you are right.


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