Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2017/prelims/mathematics-v/4/a/ii/solution

First let . Substitute in the negative half of the integral. Since is an odd function,
The two halves cancel, so
For both limits coincide. For , reverse the limits and apply the result with . Thus the identity holds for every real .

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