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I am trying to show that $\int_\pi^\infty \mid\frac{sin(x)}{x}\mid dx$ does not converge.

My approach: I noticed that $\frac{sin(k\pi)}{k\pi}=0$ for $k \in \mathbb{N}$\{0}

Now i "split up" the function like this $\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\int_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi} \mid\frac{sin(x)}{x} \mid dx$

My Problem is that I can't find a estimate (that diverges) and is less or equal to the term above.

Kay K.
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John.W
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trying to split the sum is the right idea :) $$\begin{align*} \int_{\pi}^{n\pi}\left|\frac{\sin(x)}{x}\right|\,\mathrm{d}x&=\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\int_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi}\left|\frac{1}{x}\right|\cdot|\sin(x)|\,\mathrm{d}x\\ &\geq \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\int_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi}\frac{1}{(k+1)\pi}\cdot|\sin(x)|\,\mathrm{d}x\\ &\geq \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{(k+1)\pi}\cdot\int_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi}|\sin(x)|\,\mathrm{d}x\\ &=\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{(k+1)\pi}\cdot 2\xrightarrow{n\to\infty}\infty \end{align*} $$

Jochen
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Hint:

$$\int_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi} \left| \frac{\sin x}{x}\right|\,dx \ge \frac{1}{(k+1)\pi} \int_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi} |\sin x|\,dx.$$

zhw.
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  • @ zhw. got it, thanks for the hint – John.W Jul 17 '21 at 16:16
  • @zhw. Hope all is well. I've received a couple of messages (warnings) from the MSE moderators regarding my answering (1) "low quality" questions and (2) duplicate questions. And in addition, I've received several downvotes coincidentally. So, I'm wondering if you've received similar messages from the moderators. – Mark Viola Jul 17 '21 at 16:27
  • @MarkViola Sorry to hear that. I haven't received any emails from MSE in the last several years. – zhw. Jul 17 '21 at 16:40