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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Asymptotic behavior of Wallis integrals

Let us denote with $W_n$ the Wallis integral, that is:

$$W_n=\int_0^{\pi/2} \sin^n x \, {\rm d}x$$

Prove that $W_n \sim \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2n}}$.

Solution