$\int_0^\pi[\cot x] d x,[\bullet]$ denotes the greatest integer function, is equal to

$\int_0^\pi[\cot x] d x,[\bullet]$ denotes the greatest integer function, is equal to
  1. $\frac{\pi}{2}$
  2. 1
  3. $-1$
  4. $-\frac{\pi}{2}$

Solution

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { Let } \mathrm{I}=\int_0^\pi[\cot x] d x \\ & =\int_0^\pi[\cot (\pi-x)] d x=\int_0^\pi[-\cot x] d x \end{aligned} $ Adding (1) and (2) $ \begin{aligned} & 2 I=\int_0^\pi[\cot x] d x+\int_0^\pi[-\cot x] d x==\int_0^\pi(-1) d x \quad[\because[x]+[-x]=-1 \text { if } x \notin Z \\ & =[-x]_0^\pi=-\pi \\ & \therefore I=-\frac{\pi}{2} \end{aligned} $

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