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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2017 Prelims Mathematics V 4 a ii Solution by
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First let . Substitute in the negative half of the integral. Since is an odd function,The two halves cancel, soFor both limits coincide. For , reverse the limits and apply the result with . Thus the identity holds for every real .
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