Proving Zero Result with Complex Conjugates and Dot Product

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Homework Statement


Show that the following = 0:
[itex]\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \! i*(\overline{d/dx(sin(x)du/dx})*u \, \mathrm{d} x + \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \! \overline{u}*(d/dx(sin(x)du/dx) \, \mathrm{d} x[/itex] where [itex]\overline{u}[/itex] = complex conjugate of u and * is the dot product.

2. Work so far
My thoughts: [itex]\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \! i*(\overline{d/dx(sin(x)du/dx})*u \, \mathrm{d} x + \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \! \overline{u}*(d/dx(sin(x)du/dx) \, \mathrm{d} x[/itex]
=
[itex]\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \! -i*(d/dx(sin(x)du/dx)*u \, \mathrm{d} x + \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \! \overline{u}*(d/dx(sin(x)du/dx) \, \mathrm{d} x[/itex]

But I don't even know if that's right.
 
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