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Homework Statement
For positive integers m and n, calculate the two integrals:
[tex]\frac{1}{L}\int^{L}_{-L}sin(\frac{n \pi x}{L})sin(\frac{m \pi x}{L})dx[/tex] and [tex]\frac{1}{L}\int^{L}_{-L}sin(\frac{n \pi x}{L})cos(\frac{m \pi x}{L})dx[/tex]
Homework Equations
[tex]\int u v' dx = [u v] - \int u' v dx[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
For the first one, I can't seem to get anything other than 0 for the integral (but not in the normal way). If I work through, I end with [tex]I = \frac{n^{2}}{m^{2}}I[/tex] and that makes no sense at all. Every other part of the integral I find cancels to 0 as they all include [tex]sin(\frac{n \pi x}{L}) or sin(\frac{m \pi x}{L})[/tex] which will be 0 as n and m are integers. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I plugged the two integrals into Mathematica and found the second one to be 0, which I calculated, but the first one is not. What do I need to change in my working?
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