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Question
In=n/2(n+1)/2sin(πsin2πx)(2)xdx,nII_n = \int_{n/2}^{\left(n+1\right)/2}\frac{\sin\left(\pi\sin^2\pi x\right)}{\left(\sqrt2\right)^x}dx , \qquad n \in I
AInIn+4=2\dfrac{I_n}{I_{n+4}} = 2correct
BInIn+4=12\dfrac{I_n}{I_{n+4}} = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}
Cn=0I8nI0=43\dfrac{\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}I_{8n}}{I_0} = \dfrac43correct
Dn=0InI0=2\dfrac{\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}I_n}{I_0} = 2
Solution
Step 1: Put x=k2+tx = \dfrac k2+t in In+kI_{n+k}, kk an integer; as xx runs over [n+k2,n+k+12]\left[\tfrac{n+k}2,\tfrac{n+k+1}2\right], tt runs over [n2,n+12]\left[\tfrac n2,\tfrac{n+1}2\right]:
In+k=n/2(n+1)/2sin(πsin2π(k2+t))(2)k/2+tdtI_{n+k} = \int_{n/2}^{\left(n+1\right)/2} \frac{\sin\left(\pi\sin^2\pi\left(\tfrac k2+t\right)\right)}{\left(\sqrt2\right)^{k/2+t}}\,dt
Step 2: If kk is even, sinπ(k2+t)=±sinπt\sin\pi\left(\tfrac k2+t\right) = \pm\sin\pi t, so sin2π(k2+t)=sin2πt\sin^2\pi\left(\tfrac k2+t\right) = \sin^2\pi t and the numerator is identical. If kk is odd, sinπ(k2+t)=±cosπt\sin\pi\left(\tfrac k2+t\right) = \pm\cos\pi t, so sin2cos2=1sin2πt\sin^2 \to \cos^2 = 1-\sin^2\pi t, and
sin(π(1sin2πt))=sin(ππsin2πt)=sin(πsin2πt)\sin\left(\pi\left(1-\sin^2\pi t\right)\right) = \sin\left(\pi-\pi\sin^2\pi t\right) = \sin\left(\pi\sin^2\pi t\right)
the same again. So the numerator is invariant for **every** integer kk. Step 3:
(2)k/2+t=(2)k/2(2)t=2k/4(2)t\left(\sqrt2\right)^{k/2+t} = \left(\sqrt2\right)^{k/2}\left(\sqrt2\right)^{t} = 2^{k/4}\left(\sqrt2\right)^{t}
Hence
 In+k=In2k/4 for every integer k\boxed{\ I_{n+k} = \frac{I_n}{2^{k/4}}\ }\qquad\text{for every integer }k
Step 4: 0πsin2πxπ0 \le \pi\sin^2\pi x \le \pi, so sin(πsin2πx)0\sin\left(\pi\sin^2\pi x\right) \ge 0, and it is not identically zero on a half-unit interval. Hence every In>0I_n>0 and the ratios below are defined. Step 5: k=4k = 4 gives In+4=In21=In2I_{n+4} = \dfrac{I_n}{2^{1}} = \dfrac{I_n}{2}, so
InIn+4=2\frac{I_n}{I_{n+4}} = 2
(1) holds; (2) fails. Step 6:
I8n=I028n/4=I04n,n=0I8n=I0n=04n=I01114=43I0I_{8n} = \frac{I_0}{2^{8n/4}} = \frac{I_0}{4^{n}} ,\qquad \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}I_{8n} = I_0\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}4^{-n} = I_0\cdot\frac{1}{1-\tfrac14} = \frac43I_0
(3) holds. Step 7:
n=0In=I0n=02n/4=I0121/4=I010.840896=6.2852I02I0\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}I_n = I_0\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}2^{-n/4} = \frac{I_0}{1-2^{-1/4}} = \frac{I_0}{1-0.840896} = 6.2852\,I_0 \ne 2I_0
(4) fails. Answer: (1) and (3)
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