Here I show TWO Ways to Do This! Can You Think of a Third??? ;-) The Integral of Sine Squared: ( 2 ( 2 ( 2 | sin(x) dx = - sin(x) cos(x) - | - cos(x) dx = - sin(x) cos(x) + | cos(x) dx ) ) ) +- u = sin(x) dv = sin(x) dx ( ( -+ | du = cos(x) dx v = - cos(x) | u dv = uv - | v du | +- * Integration By Parts * ) ) -+ ( 2 ( ( 2 = - sin(x) cos(x) + | 1 - sin(x) dx = - sin(x) cos(x) + | dx - | sin(x) dx ) ) ) ( 2 = - sin(x) cos(x) + x - | sin(x) dx And Next, Collect Like Terms, ) ( 2 ( 2 - sin(x) cos(x) x So: 2 | sin(x) dx = - sin(x) cos(x) + x And: | sin(x) dx = ----------------- + --- ) ) 2 2 ( pi 2 +- - sin(x) cos(x) x -+ pi pi Therefore: | sin(x) dx = | ----------------- + --- | = ---- ) 0 +- 2 2 -+ 0 2 And the Root of the Mean of the Square is calculated thusly: +- ( pi 2 -+1/2 _ | | sin(x) dx | +- pi -+1/2 V2 The RMS of Sine(x) = | ) 0 | = | ----- | = --- = .707 | -------------- | +- 2pi -+ 2 +- pi -+ And Another Way To Derive This: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Some Trig Identities: | | | | 2 2 | | | Now: 1 = sin(x) + cos(x) | Now: cos(x + y) = cos(x) cos(y) - sin(x) sin(y) | | | Then: cos(2x) = cos(x) cos(x) - sin(x) sin(x) | | 2 2 | | | So: cos(x) = 1 - sin(x) | 2 2 | | | So Then: cos(2x) = cos(x) - sin(x) | | | | So: 2 2 2 2 2 | | cos(2x) = cos(x) - sin(x) = 1 - sin(x) - sin(x) = 1 - 2 sin(x) | | | | And: +- 2 -+ 2 | | 1 - cos(2x) = 1 - | 1 - 2 sin(x) | = 2 sin(x) | | +- -+ | | Therefore: | | 2 1 - cos(2x) +- 2 1 + cos(2x) -+ | | sin(x) = ------------- | Likewise! : cos(x) = ------------ | | | 2 +- 2 -+ | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ And Now Integrate: ( pi 2 1 ( pi 1 ( pi 1 ( pi | sin(x) dx = --- | 1 - cos(2x) dx = --- | dx - --- | cos(2x) dx ) 0 2 ) 0 2 ) 0 2 ) 0 u = 2x Now: By Substitution, Inverse of the Chain Rule: du = 2 dx dx = du/2 pi 1 ( x=pi du pi 1 ( x=pi 1 = --- - --- | cos(u) ---- = --- - --- | --- cos(u) du 2 2 ) x=0 2 2 2 ) x=0 2 pi 1 |x=pi pi 1 |pi pi 1 +- -+ pi = --- - --- sin(u) | = ---- - --- sin(2x) | = ---- - --- | 0 - 0 | = ---- 2 4 |x=0 2 4 |0 2 4 +- -+ 2 ( pi 2 pi So: | sin(x) dx = ---- and the same RMS for Sine Squared Follows... ) 0 2 Copyright (c) 2000 for the Public Domain by R. Steve Walz -----------------------------------------end-------------------------------------