Evaluation of Some Non-trivial Integrals from Finite Products and Sums

F. M. S. Lima^1,

¹Institute of Physics, University of Brasilia, P.O. Box 04455, 70919-970, Brasilia DF, Brazil

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F. M. S. Lima. Evaluation of Some Non-trivial Integrals from Finite Products and Sums. Turkish Journal of Analysis and Number Theory. 2016; 4(6):172-176. doi: 10.12691/tjant-4-6-5

Abstract

In this note, by manipulating the sums obtained from certain finite products of trigonometric functions at rational multiples of π, I put them in the form of Riemann sums. By taking the limit as the number of (equally-spaced) subintervals tends to infinity, I have found exact closed-form results for some non-trivial integrals, e.g. and I also show how the method applies for the prompt evaluation of more complex integrals, such as and Since this approach does not involve any search for primitives, it can be a good alternative to more complex integration techniques.

Keywords:
Products of sines Rational multiples of Integration techniques

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