Double integral with cos(x^n) term

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[SOLVED] Double integral with cos(x^n) term

Homework Statement



Solve the following integral (without using a series development):
\displaystyle<br /> \int _{0}^{\frac{1}{8}}\int _{\sqrt[3]{y}}^{\frac{1}{2}}\cos\left(20{\pi}x}} ^{4}\right)dx dy

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The Attempt at a Solution



Obviously the cos(x^4) part is what throws me off, I tried switching the order of integration and substituting for various trigonometric identities but it doesn't seem to help much. I'd appreciate any pointers to get me started.
 
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I think changing the order of integration is the way to go. You'll get an x^3 term in the integral with respect to x. Then it's easy.
 
your limits should change too!
I think you did not change the limits
 
Great, thanks, I went back and realized I'd made a stupid mistake and somehow used a square root instead of the cubic root when changing the limits.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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