Friday, 27 November 2015

integration - Quick question why setting a=0 gives an indeterminate solution

\newcommand{\dx}{\mathrm dx\,}I’m having lots of trouble figuring this out, so perhaps you guys can help me. For example, let’s take the integral





\int\limits_0^{\infty}\dx\frac {\sin x\log x}x=-\frac {\gamma\pi}2




Our integral can be computed using differentiation under the integral sign and taking the imaginary part of
\mathfrak{I}(s)=-\int\limits_0^{\infty}\dx x^{a-1}e^{-sx}=-s^{-a}\Gamma(a)
Set s=i and take the imaginary part to get
\operatorname{Im}\mathfrak{I}(i)=\Gamma(a)\sin\frac {\pi a}2
But when I differentiate and set a=0, then the gamma function becomes undefined because \Gamma’(0) doesn’t produce a determinate form.




I’m not exactly sure what went wrong. Perhaps you can help me?

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