Solution

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A useful differentiation under the integral sign theorem is this: if is integrable, is differentiable in almost everywhere, and on every compact parameter interval is bounded by an integrable function of , then , under the usual pointwise continuity hypotheses. It follows by applying dominated convergence to difference quotients. The theorem can be iterated when a corresponding bound holds for the second derivative.
On a compact interval , the original integrand is bounded by , using . Its first and second parameter derivatives are
with integrable bounds and . Thus is twice differentiable. Subtracting the integrals gives
The final integral is finite: its integrand tends to one at zero and is absolutely bounded by at infinity. Consequently
which establishes the required parameter-independent constant without needing an explicit Fresnel integral evaluation.

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