3.I.8E

Further Complex Methods
Part II, 2006

Show that, for b0b \neq 0,

P0cosuu2b2du=π2bsinb\mathcal{P} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\cos u}{u^{2}-b^{2}} d u=-\frac{\pi}{2 b} \sin b

where P\mathcal{P} denotes the Cauchy principal value.