Evaluate the integral

\int _{0}^{(2n-1)\pi}[\sin x]dx;n\epsilon N

Will this be done in same way as
http://www.targetiit.com/iit-jee-forum/posts/find-the-value-11282.html ?
:-)

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Asish Mahapatra ·

something similar but not quite:
in that question, the angle was in the GINT portion , here the sin finction is in the GINT.

as sinx is periodic with period 2\pi, so the integral can be written as

(n-1)\int_{0}^{2\pi }{[sinx]dx} + \int_{\pi }^{2\pi }{[sinx]dx}

Consider the function f(x) = [sinx]
when x = 0 to pi, the function is zero except at x=pi/2 where f(x) = 1. But f(x) being 1 at one point does not contribute to the integral (in case n is finite) So essentially
\int_{0}^{\pi }{[sinx]dx} =0

In this case the integral can be rewritten as
n\int_{\pi }^{2\pi }{[sinx]dx} =0

consider f(x) when x=pi to x=2pi.
Then f(x) takes the value -1 except at x=3pi/2 when x=-2. Again f(x) being -2 at one point does not contribute to the integral (in case n is finite)

So [sinx] in pi to 2pi = -1

So the integral becomes
n\int_{\pi }^{2\pi }{-1dx} =0

= -n\pi

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