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musik132
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Our integral
[tex]\int\limits_0^{\pi/2} \sin^{2a+1}(x)\,dx[/tex]
Has a Factorial Form:
[tex] {(2^a a!)}^2 \over (2a+1)![/tex]
What is the process behind going from that integral to that factorial form?
My approach which is not very insightful:
I used mathematica to calculate the integral to return:
[tex]\pmb{\frac{\sqrt{\pi } \text{Gamma}[1+a]}{2 \text{Gamma}\left[\frac{3}{2}+a\right]}}[/tex]
I know Gamma[1+a] = a! and Gamma[3/2+a] has a factorial form also but doesn't help me to reduce to that form.
Griffiths just says that integral equals (2*4*...2a)/(1*3*5...*[2a+1]) to get from this to that factorial form is easy but I got lost in his integration.
[tex]\int\limits_0^{\pi/2} \sin^{2a+1}(x)\,dx[/tex]
Has a Factorial Form:
[tex] {(2^a a!)}^2 \over (2a+1)![/tex]
What is the process behind going from that integral to that factorial form?
My approach which is not very insightful:
I used mathematica to calculate the integral to return:
[tex]\pmb{\frac{\sqrt{\pi } \text{Gamma}[1+a]}{2 \text{Gamma}\left[\frac{3}{2}+a\right]}}[/tex]
I know Gamma[1+a] = a! and Gamma[3/2+a] has a factorial form also but doesn't help me to reduce to that form.
Griffiths just says that integral equals (2*4*...2a)/(1*3*5...*[2a+1]) to get from this to that factorial form is easy but I got lost in his integration.
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