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I'm trying to perform the following integral
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\pi \int\limits_0^\pi {e^{2x} } \left( {\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2}\cos 2x} \right)dx
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I split the integral and temporarely ignore the Pi so that I get
[tex]
\frac{1}{2}\int {e^{2x} dx} - \frac{1}{2}\int {e^{2x} \cdot \cos } \left( {2x} \right)dx
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Now, using partial integration on the second part I get
[tex]
\int {e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right)} dx = \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \int {\sin \left( {2x} \right)} \cdot e^{2x} dx
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Using partial integration again on the right integral I get
[tex]
\int {\sin \left( {2x} \right)} \cdot e^{2x} dx = - \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right) + \int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} dx}
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I appears I haven't gotten anywhere, but I can now combine the last two lines and get
[tex]
\begin{array}{l}
\int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} dx = \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - (\frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right)} - \int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} \left. {dx} \right)} \\
2\int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} dx = \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} } \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right) \\
\int {\cos \left( {2x} \right)} \cdot e^{2x} dx = \frac{1}{4}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right) \\
\end{array}
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Finally, multiplying in the Pi and the first initial half of the integral:
[tex]
\pi \cdot \left( {\frac{1}{4}e^{2x} - \frac{1}{2}\left( {\frac{1}{4}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \frac{1}{4}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right)} \right)} \right)
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Putting in Pi and 0 for x, and subtracting the two, I arrive at this expression:
[tex]
\frac{{3\pi \left( {e^{2\pi } - 1} \right)}}{8}
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The problem is that this factor 3 shouldn't be there. If you just perform the initial integration on a calculator the answer is the same except for the factor 3, so where am I going wrong here?
[tex]
\pi \int\limits_0^\pi {e^{2x} } \left( {\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2}\cos 2x} \right)dx
[/tex]
I split the integral and temporarely ignore the Pi so that I get
[tex]
\frac{1}{2}\int {e^{2x} dx} - \frac{1}{2}\int {e^{2x} \cdot \cos } \left( {2x} \right)dx
[/tex]
Now, using partial integration on the second part I get
[tex]
\int {e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right)} dx = \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \int {\sin \left( {2x} \right)} \cdot e^{2x} dx
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Using partial integration again on the right integral I get
[tex]
\int {\sin \left( {2x} \right)} \cdot e^{2x} dx = - \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right) + \int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} dx}
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I appears I haven't gotten anywhere, but I can now combine the last two lines and get
[tex]
\begin{array}{l}
\int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} dx = \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - (\frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right)} - \int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} \left. {dx} \right)} \\
2\int {\cos \left( {2x} \right) \cdot e^{2x} dx = \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} } \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right) \\
\int {\cos \left( {2x} \right)} \cdot e^{2x} dx = \frac{1}{4}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \frac{1}{2}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right) \\
\end{array}
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Finally, multiplying in the Pi and the first initial half of the integral:
[tex]
\pi \cdot \left( {\frac{1}{4}e^{2x} - \frac{1}{2}\left( {\frac{1}{4}e^{2x} \cdot \sin \left( {2x} \right) - \frac{1}{4}e^{2x} \cdot \cos \left( {2x} \right)} \right)} \right)
[/tex]
Putting in Pi and 0 for x, and subtracting the two, I arrive at this expression:
[tex]
\frac{{3\pi \left( {e^{2\pi } - 1} \right)}}{8}
[/tex]
The problem is that this factor 3 shouldn't be there. If you just perform the initial integration on a calculator the answer is the same except for the factor 3, so where am I going wrong here?
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