A definite trigonometric absolute integral

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Homework Statement



Find ## \int_0^{nπ+v} |sinx| dx ##
Options are,
2n+ 1+ cosv
2n+1-cosv
2n+1
2n+cosv

Homework Equations


Integration of sinx is -cosx.

The Attempt at a Solution


Sin x is + ve from 0 to π,
Negative from π to 2π
We can make |sinx| as sinx in 0 to π,
And - sinx in π to 2π
But here n is confusing.
We will rotate in a cycle?
 
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Upto pi it is 2, upto 2 pi it is 4.
So for upto n pi it is 2n.
But for integral from n pi to n pi +v , we should know whether n is even or odd, isn't it?
 
If n is fraction , then what?
 
Should we know that n is even or odd?
 
Raghav Gupta said:
Should we know that n is even or odd?

Does it matter in the answer? And I don't see where you stated it anywhere but I guess we are assuming ##0\le v <\pi##, right?
 
Wouldn't the sign change in modulus function for even pi?
 
I'm getting diff. Answers considering even and odd.
For n to be even,
-[ cosx ] from n pi to v,
It's
-(cosv - 1)= 1-cosv
For odd,
[cosx] from n pi to v,
cosv +1.
 
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LCKurtz said:
What does ##[\cos x]## mean? Are you saying that you think the antiderivative of ##|\sin x|## is ##\cos x##?
No ant iderivative of sin x is -cosx and of -sinx is cosx.
 
mfb said:
None of the two is right.
I see that there was a time lapse of 1 min between my editing of 13th post and your reply.
Can you reconsider it?
Regards.
 
The problem is exactly the same for odd and even n, because in both cases v is between 0 and pi and the sine goes from 0 to 1 and back to 0 again. I don't see why you make two categories.
 
See this,
## \int_0^{nπ+v} |sinx| dx ##

= ## \int_0^π sinx dx - \int_π^{2π} sinx dx + \int_{2π}^{3π} sinx dx + ... \int_{nπ}^{v} sinx dx ##
= ##2n + \int_{nπ}^{v} sinx dx ##
= ## 2n - (cosx) ## here cos x has limits nπ to v, ( I don't know the latex for that).
= ## 2n - (cosv - cosnπ) ##
Now surely,here if n is even, odd it matters, cos value being -1 for odd π and +1 for even π ?
 
Got it... its not np to v. Its np to np+v.
$$2n+\int_{n\pi}^{n\pi+v}|sinx|dx$$
Now apply property ##\int_{nT}^{nT+a}f(x)dx=\int_0^af(x)dx##
Since ##|sinx|## has a period of π.
Now your integral becomes very easy:
$$I=2n+\int_0^vsinxdx$$
 
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Thanks very much Aditya. I don't know that time period property. Can you give a link or reference for the proof of it?
 
Its intuitive. Draw a graph of sinx and shade the area from p to p+2 and shade the area between 0 to 2. You have to prove it using graph.
 
Okay got the intuitive idea. I had to see Khan Academy video to clear this graph thing. Thanks.

Also thanks to other guys for giving me a approach to solve problem.
 
Raghav Gupta said:
Thanks very much Aditya. I don't know that time period property. Can you give a link or reference for the proof of it?

Suppose that ##f## is a ##T## periodic function. Then for any real number ##\alpha##, we can write:

$$\int_{\alpha}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx = \int_0^T f(x) \space dx$$

To prove this, write:

$$\int_{\alpha}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx = \int_{\alpha}^0 f(x) \space dx + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx$$

Now suppose ##u = x + T \Rightarrow x = u - T \Rightarrow dx = du## for the first integral on the right, then:

$$ \int_{\alpha}^0 f(x) \space dx + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx = \int_{\alpha + T}^{T} f(u - T) \space du + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx$$

Now due to the ##T## periodicity of ##f##, we may write:

$$ \int_{\alpha + T}^{T} f(u - T) \space du + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx = \int_{\alpha + T}^{T} f(u) \space du + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx$$

Simply replace the dummy variable ##u## by ##x## now to obtain:

$$\int_{\alpha + T}^{T} f(u) \space du + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx = \int_{\alpha + T}^{T} f(x) \space dx + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx$$

The integrals represent the area from ##[0, T]## because we integrate from ##0## to ##\alpha + T## and then from ##\alpha + T## to ##T##. Therefore:

$$\int_{\alpha + T}^{T} f(x) \space dx + \int_{0}^{\alpha + T} f(x) \space dx = \int_0^T f(x) \space dx$$

So really, the integral of a ##T## periodic function over any interval of length ##T## is the same.
 
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Thank you guys, once again.