# No output for N[Limit[Integrate[Sin[x]^n/(Sin[x]^n + Cos[x]^n), {x, 0, Pi/2}], n -> Infinity]]

Is my input below correct? I've received no response from Mathematica.

N[Limit[Integrate[Sin[x]^n/(Sin[x]^n + Cos[x]^n), {x, 0, Pi/2}], n -> Infinity]]


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The answer (output) should be $\pi/4$. –  Chris's sis Feb 20 '13 at 9:32
The result of the integral seems to be Pi/4 for any n. –  b.gatessucks Feb 20 '13 at 10:39
@b.gatessucks: Right. This is straightforward by letting $x=\pi/2-y$. –  Chris's sis Feb 20 '13 at 10:52
so problem solved ? –  b.gatessucks Feb 20 '13 at 11:03
@b.gatessucks: I'm trying to learn to deal with such things by using Mathematica. –  Chris's sis Feb 20 '13 at 11:07

Not an answer, just will not fit in the comment.

Mathematica can't seem to be able to integrate Sin[x]^n/(Sin[x]^n + Cos[x]^n analytically. I tried using the formulas for Sin[x]^n and Cos[x]^n for odd n with the hope it will help. But still no luck. Using Wiki, the formulas are from here

mysin[x_,n_] := (2/(2^n)) Sum[(-1)^((n - 1)/2 - k) Binomial[n, k]*
Sin[(n - 2 k) x], {k, 0, (n - 1)/2}];

mycos[x_,n_] := (2/(2^n)) Sum[Binomial[n, k]*Cos[(n - 2 k) x], {k, 0, (n - 1)/2}];

integrand =
Assuming[Element[n, Integers] && n > 0 && Element[x, Reals],
FullSimplify[mysin[x, n]/(mysin[x, n] + mycos[x, n])]];

res = ComplexExpand[integrand];
Integrate[res, {x, 0, Pi/2}]


Its been running for 30 minutes.

But doing numerical integration

Table[
NIntegrate[Sin[x]^n/(Sin[x]^n + Cos[x]^n), {x, 0, Pi/2}], {n, 0, 10}]

(*Out[1]= {0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398, \
0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398, 0.785398}*)


So may be you do not not need to do analytical integration after all? Are you sure this integrand can be integrated analytically?

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