Q. \(\int \sin \left(x^{2}\right)\,dx\)
Answer
We want \( \int \sin(x^2)\,dx \).
There is no elementary antiderivative for \(\sin(x^2)\). Use the Fresnel sine integral.
Let \(u=\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\,x\). Then \(x=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,u\) and \(dx=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,du\).
Also, \(x^2=\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\), so
\[
\sin(x^2)=\sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right).
\]
Thus
\[
\int \sin(x^2)\,dx
=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right)\,du
=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,S(u)+C,
\]
where \(S(u)=\int_{0}^{u}\sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}t^2\right)\,dt\) is the Fresnel sine integral.
Substitute back \(u=\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\,x\):
\[
\int \sin(x^2)\,dx
=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,S\!\left(\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\,x\right)+C.
\]
Detailed Explanation
We want to compute the integral
\[
\int \sin(x^2)\,dx.
\]
Step 1: Consider whether there is an elementary antiderivative.
When an integrand has the form \(\sin(x^2)\), a natural substitution would be \(u=x^2\), but that leads to a factor of \(dx\) that does not cancel neatly. The resulting integral is not elementary (it cannot be expressed using a finite combination of polynomials, exponentials, logarithms, and trigonometric functions).
Step 2: Use a standard special function approach.
There are special functions related to integrals of \(\sin(x^2)\) and \(\cos(x^2)\), known as the Fresnel sine integral.
The Fresnel sine integral is defined by
\[
S(z) = \int_{0}^{z} \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}t^2\right)\,dt.
\]
Step 3: Transform \(\sin(x^2)\) to match the Fresnel form.
We want to rewrite \(\sin(x^2)\) into a form like \(\sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}t^2\right)\).
Let \(u = \sqrt{\tfrac{2}{\pi}}\,x\). Then
\[
x = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,u,
\quad
dx = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,du.
\]
Now compute the argument:
\[
x^2 = \left(\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,u\right)^2 = \frac{\pi}{2}u^2.
\]
So the integrand becomes:
\[
\sin(x^2) = \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right).
\]
Substitute into the integral:
\[
\int \sin(x^2)\,dx
=
\int \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right)\left(\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,du\right)
=
\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right)\,du.
\]
Step 4: Express the remaining integral using the Fresnel sine integral.
By the definition of \(S(z)\), we have
\[
S(z) = \int_{0}^{z} \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}t^2\right)\,dt.
\]
That means an antiderivative of \(\sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right)\) is
\[
\int \sin\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2}u^2\right)\,du = S(u) + C.
\]
Therefore:
\[
\int \sin(x^2)\,dx
=
\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,\Bigl(S(u)\Bigr) + C
=
\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,S\!\left(\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\,x\right) + C.
\]
Final Answer
\[
\int \sin(x^2)\,dx
=
\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}\,S\!\left(\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\,x\right) + C,
\]
where \(S(z)\) is the Fresnel sine integral.
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