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∫(sin(t)/t),t,0,x=1
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intergral from 0 to x sint/t dt=1

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November 11 4:06 PM (27 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
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This integral cannot be expressed in terms of a finite number of elementary functions. You can read more about the integral here. This equation can, although, be "solved" numerically and the solution is approximately x = 1.06484
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November 11 6:43 PM (2 hours and 36 minutes and 55 seconds later)
         
Reply to J's Post: Can you show me the steps you took to get to x=1.06484?
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November 12 10:52 AM (16 hours and 8 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
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The previously stated value of 1.06484 is not correct. The integral from 0 to 1 has to be less that 1, because sin t/t never exceeds 1.

One way to do the integration would be to use the integration capability that some hand calculators have. Another would be to perform a "numerical" integration using Simpson's rule. A third way, which I show below, is to represent sin t by the first few terms of an infinite series.

sin t = t - t^3/6 + t^5/120 - t^7/5040...

(sin t)/t = 1 - t^2/6 + t^4/120 -t^6/5040

Integral from 0 to 1 = 1 - 1/(3*6) + 1/(120*5) - 1/(5040*7)..

= 1 - 0.05556 + 0.00139 - 0.00003 = 0.94586

Using Simpson's rule and numerical values of sin t/t at 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1 gives a value of 0.94609.

Higher accuracy can always be obtained with either method by using more terms, but to three significant figures the answer is 0.946.




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November 12 6:46 PM (7 hours and 54 minutes and 25 seconds later)
         
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