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yungman
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I just want to verify is this the way to calculate the result of a definite integral with the given interval. Say the result of the integral over [0,##\frac{\pi}{2}##] is
[tex]\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)d\theta|_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}[/tex]
It should be:
[tex] \sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)d\theta|_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}=\left[\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)-\sin 0\right]\left[\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)-\cos 0\right]=[1-0][0-1]=1[/tex]
NOT
[tex] \sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)d\theta|_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}=\left[\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right]-[\sin 0\cos 0]= [0][0]=0[/tex]
[tex]\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)d\theta|_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}[/tex]
It should be:
[tex] \sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)d\theta|_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}=\left[\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)-\sin 0\right]\left[\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)-\cos 0\right]=[1-0][0-1]=1[/tex]
NOT
[tex] \sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)d\theta|_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}=\left[\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right]-[\sin 0\cos 0]= [0][0]=0[/tex]