Double integration using trig term

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Homework Statement



\int^1_0 \int^1_y sin(x^2) dx dy

The Attempt at a Solution



This equation cannot be integrated nicely, so I tried to reverse the order of integration:

\int^1_0 \int^1_x sin(x^2) dy dx

However this only helps for the first step, since when we intregrate by y, we get:

\int^1_0 sin(x^2)-xsin(x^2) dx

I'm stuck... again! Any ideas?
 
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glog said:
This equation cannot be integrated nicely, so I tried to reverse the order of integration:
\int^1_0 \int^1_x sin(x^2) dy dx
Your limits in the new double integral is incorrect. If in doubt, look at the original double integral and draw a picture of the region enclosed by the limits. Then try to express the limits of the double integral in the reversed order of the same region.
 
Alright so perhaps the bounds are then: \int^1_0 \int^x_0

In which case, my integral simplifies to:

\int^1_0 x sin(x^2)

Which becomes:

-1/2 cos (x^2) | 1_0

This make sense?
 
Yep, you got it.
 
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