# Absolute Convergence of Integral

• May 14th 2011, 07:11 PM
eastman
Absolute Convergence of Integral
I'm having a hard time showing that $\lim_{c \to \0} \int_{c}^{1}|\frac{sin(\frac{1}{x})}{x}|dx$ fails to converge absolutely, any insight would be greatly appreciated.
• May 14th 2011, 07:57 PM
Prove It
Try writing $\displaystyle \sin{\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}$ as a Taylor Series, then simplifying $\displaystyle \left|\frac{\sin{\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}}{x} \right|$.
• May 14th 2011, 08:06 PM
Jose27
Another way: If you know that $\int_1^{\infty} \left| \frac{\sin (z)}{z} \right|dz$ is infinite, just apply a change of variables.
• May 15th 2011, 07:57 AM
eastman
Thanks
Thanks to both of you for your help. I did try one way before I read this, maybe you can tell me this works...

$\lim_{c\to\0}\int_{c}^{1}|\frac{sin(\frac{1}{x})}{ x}|dx\geqslant \sum_{k = 1}^\infty\int_{\frac{2}{(4k+1)\pi} }^{\frac{2}{(4k-1)\pi} }|\frac{sin(\frac{1}{x})}{x}|dx \geqslant \sum_{k = 1}^\infty\int_{\frac{2}{(4k+1)\pi} }^{\frac{2}{(4k-1)\pi} }\frac{dx}{x}$

...and then just evaluate, I could be way off. (Wondering)
• May 15th 2011, 12:21 PM
Jose27
Quote:

Originally Posted by eastman
Thanks to both of you for your help. I did try one way before I read this, maybe you can tell me this works...

$\lim_{c\to\0}\int_{c}^{1}|\frac{sin(\frac{1}{x})}{ x}|dx\geqslant \sum_{k = 1}^\infty\int_{\frac{2}{(4k+1)\pi} }^{\frac{2}{(4k-1)\pi} }|\frac{sin(\frac{1}{x})}{x}|dx \geqslant \sum_{k = 1}^\infty\int_{\frac{2}{(4k+1)\pi} }^{\frac{2}{(4k-1)\pi} }\frac{dx}{x}$

...and then just evaluate, I could be way off. (Wondering)

How did you obtain the last inequality? There is alway a zero in those intervals so the elementary minimum bound doesn't work here.
• May 15th 2011, 01:40 PM
eastman
Sorry, I'm slightly confused, could you elaborate?
• May 15th 2011, 03:23 PM
Jose27
Disregard the second part of my last message, could you explain how you got the last inequality?
• May 16th 2011, 02:01 PM
eastman
You're right the last inequality does not hold, sin vanishes over those intervals.. I ended up doing it with the change of variables like you orginally said. Thanks for your help.