Calculate integral sin(x)/x^0.1dx from pi to infinity

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The integral ∫ sin(x)/x^0.1dx from π to infinity presents significant challenges, as discussed in the forum. Attempts to solve it using Maclaurin series, integration by parts, and substitution have proven ineffective. The discussion highlights that Wolfram Alpha provides a complex solution involving imaginary numbers and the Incomplete Gamma Function, which are not typically covered in introductory calculus courses. The professor suggests that there is a concept from Calculus 3 that could facilitate the solution, although it remains unspecified.

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Homework Statement


So I have a problem with the integral

∫ sin(x)/x^0.1dx from pi to infinity

My teacher said this wouldn't require any maths beyond calc 3, but for some reason I cannot come up with a solution.

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The Attempt at a Solution


I have attempted a maclaurin series to replace the sin(x) term but the series does not converge so that doesn't work.
I tried integration by parts which just keeps reppeating the sin and cos terms with x^.1 in the denominator

I attempted substitution but that clearly doesn't work.
I even attempted contour integration but I don't think that could be the solution as we have not done that yet and that is not at the calc 3 level.

Is there anything I'm mising!?
 
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If it's any consolation, Wolfram Alpha gives the indefinite integral of this function as a complicated function involving imaginary numbers and the Incomplete Gamma Function, neither of which would typically be covered in introductory calculus courses.
 
That's literally the first thing I did was to plug it into wolfram alpha! THats how I knew this wasn't going to be a picnic. The professor says that there is something in calc 3 I would've learned that makes solving this possible but I have no idea what (the professor is Russian btw) and he refuses to give out more info than that. The only thing I can maybe see is that sin(x) can be replaced by 1 and we can find the limit like that and see that it converges but that doesn't help me solve this problem
 

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