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The arc length of one sine period is
Example
For , write
for the complete elliptic integral of the second kind. The graph of sine over one period, parametrized by for , has arc length
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The graph path on .
If has a continuous derivative , then its graph has length (If is continuous on , differentiable on , and extends continuously to , then the graph of has length ).
The supplementary, reflection, and quarter-turn identities give , , and (Cofunction, supplementary, quarter-turn, and reflection identities for the six trigonometric functions).
Integrals are additive over subintervals, and affine substitutions obey the substitution formula with oriented endpoints (For : is integrable on if and only if it is integrable on and on , and then ; with the oriented form for arbitrary , Substitution: if is differentiable on with integrable and is continuous on an interval containing , then , The integral with oriented limits: and ).
Every positive real has a unique positive square root (Existence and uniqueness of -th roots: a unique with , case ).
Differentiable real functions are continuous (A function differentiable at is continuous at ).
The number is positive because the smallest positive zero of cosine satisfies (Pi as twice the smallest positive zero of cosine, Cosine has a smallest positive zero, lying strictly between zero and two).
For , the function is continuous on ; in particular the positive square-root function is continuous there (Continuity and derivatives of positive-base real powers).
Polynomial algebra and composites preserve continuity, and continuous functions on a compact interval are Riemann integrable (Sums, scalar multiples, products, absolute values, maxima, minima and quotients with nonvanishing denominator of continuous functions are continuous, as are constants, the identity and every polynomial function, A composite of continuous functions is continuous, with no side hypothesis of the kind the composition of limits needs, A continuous function on is Riemann integrable, by Heine-Cantor and Riemann's criterion).
Verification
If , then [L5] gives . By [L2], [L7], [L9], and [L10], the integrand defining is continuous on and therefore integrable. Thus is well defined on the stated range.
The derivative in [L2] is continuous by [L7], and [L8] gives , so [L1] gives
Split the integral in step 1.2 at , , and . The affine reflections and translations licensed by [L4], together with [L3] and the square on cosine, show that all four pieces equal .
The modulus exists by [L6] and satisfies . By [L5], so the quarter-period integral in step 2.1 is .
Multiplying the quarter-period value in step 3.1 by the symmetry factor in step 2.1 yields .
Depends on
- If $f$ is continuous on $[a,b]$, differentiable on $(a,b)$, and $f'$ extends continuously to $[a,b]$, then the graph of $f$ has length $\int_a^b\sqrt{1+f'(t)^2}\,dt$
- The derivatives of sine and cosine are cosine and minus sine
- Pythagorean and parity identities for all six trigonometric functions on their natural domains
- Cofunction, supplementary, quarter-turn, and reflection identities for the six trigonometric functions
- For $a<c<b$: $f$ is integrable on $[a,b]$ if and only if it is integrable on $[a,c]$ and on $[c,b]$, and then $\int_a^b f = \int_a^c f + \int_c^b f$; with the oriented form for arbitrary $a,b,c$
- Substitution: if $\varphi$ is differentiable on $[c,d]$ with $\varphi'$ integrable and $f$ is continuous on an interval containing $\varphi([c,d])$, then $\int_{\varphi(c)}^{\varphi(d)} f = \int_c^d (f\circ\varphi)\,\varphi'$
- Existence and uniqueness of $n$-th roots: a unique $a^{1/n} \ge 0$ with $(a^{1/n})^n = a$
- The integral with oriented limits: $\int_a^a f := 0$ and $\int_b^a f := -\int_a^b f$
- A function differentiable at $c$ is continuous at $c$
- Pi as twice the smallest positive zero of cosine
- Cosine has a smallest positive zero, lying strictly between zero and two
- Continuity and derivatives of positive-base real powers
- Sums, scalar multiples, products, absolute values, maxima, minima and quotients with nonvanishing denominator of continuous functions are continuous, as are constants, the identity and every polynomial function
- A composite of continuous functions is continuous, with no side hypothesis of the kind the composition of limits needs
- A continuous function on $[a,b]$ is Riemann integrable, by Heine-Cantor and Riemann's criterion
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Sources
- Jishan Hu, Jian-Shu Li, Wei-Ping Li, and Min Yan, Calculus: Rigor, Concision, Clarity, Example 7.1.7 (standard reference, not scraped)
- L. M. Hall, Special Functions, §3.1, Example 3.1.2 (standard reference, not scraped)