calculate: $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{\cos\frac{\pi}{2}x}{1-x^{2}}dx$ using complex analysis ; detect my mistake

$\newcommand{\bbx}[1]{\,\bbox[15px,border:1px groove navy]{\displaystyle{#1}}\,} \newcommand{\braces}[1]{\left\lbrace\,{#1}\,\right\rbrace} \newcommand{\bracks}[1]{\left\lbrack\,{#1}\,\right\rbrack} \newcommand{\dd}{\mathrm{d}} \newcommand{\ds}[1]{\displaystyle{#1}} \newcommand{\expo}[1]{\,\mathrm{e}^{#1}\,} \newcommand{\ic}{\mathrm{i}} \newcommand{\mc}[1]{\mathcal{#1}} \newcommand{\mrm}[1]{\mathrm{#1}} \newcommand{\pars}[1]{\left(\,{#1}\,\right)} \newcommand{\partiald}[3][]{\frac{\partial^{#1} #2}{\partial #3^{#1}}} \newcommand{\root}[2][]{\,\sqrt[#1]{\,{#2}\,}\,} \newcommand{\totald}[3][]{\frac{\mathrm{d}^{#1} #2}{\mathrm{d} #3^{#1}}} \newcommand{\verts}[1]{\left\vert\,{#1}\,\right\vert}$ $\ds{\underline{\underline{Complex\ Integration}}:}$ \begin{align} &\bbox[10px,#ffd]{\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{\cos\pars{\pi x/2} \over 1 - x^{2}}\,\dd x} = 2\int_{0}^{\infty}{\cos\pars{\pi x/2} \over 1 - x^{2}}\,\dd x = 2\,\Re\int_{0}^{\infty}{\expo{\pi x\ic/2} - \color{red}{\large\ic} \over 1 - x^{2}}\,\dd x \\[5mm] = &\ -\overbrace{\lim_{R \to \infty}\Re\int_{\large x\ \in\ R\expo{\pars{0,\pi/2}\,\ic}}{\expo{\pi x\ic/2} - \ic \over 1 - x^{2}}\,\dd x}^{\ds{=\ 0}}\ -\ 2\,\Re\int_{\infty}^{0}{\expo{\ic\pi\pars{\ic y}/2} - \ic \over 1 - \pars{\ic y}^{2}}\,\ic\,\dd y \\[5mm] = &\ 2\int_{0}^{\infty}{\dd y \over 1 + y^{2}} = 2\,{\pi \over 2} = \bbx{\large\pi} \\ & \end{align}

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$\ds{\underline{\underline{Real\ Integration}}:}$ \begin{align} &\bbox[10px,#ffd]{\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{\cos\pars{\pi x/2} \over 1 - x^{2}}\,\dd x} = {1 \over 2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{% {\cos\pars{\pi x/2} \over 1 - x} + {\cos\pars{\pi x/2} \over 1 + x}}\,\dd x \\[5mm] = &\ -\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{\cos\pars{\pi x/2} \over x - 1}\,\dd x = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{\sin\pars{\pi x/2} \over x}\,\dd x = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{\sin\pars{x} \over x}\,\dd x \\[5mm] = &\ \bbx{\large\pi} \\ & \end{align}

Let $f(z)=\dfrac{e^{i(\pi/2)z}}{1-z^2}.$

We want to find "$\int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x)\,dx$" and then take the real part. I have that in quotes as the integral is problematic unless we're careful about the singularities at $-1,1.$

A contour that will work contains the intervals $[-R,-1-r],$ $[-1+r,1-r],$ and $[1+r,R]$ (here $r,R>0$ and $r$ is much smaller than $R$). We also want the large semicircle described above. Around $-1$ we put the small semicircle of radius $r$ given by $-1-re^{it},0\le t \le \pi.$ Around $1$ we put the semicircle $1-re^{it},0\le t \le \pi.$ Hook these pieces up and orient the resulting closed contour positively. (It's good to draw a picture!)

Call this contour $\gamma=\gamma_{r,R}.$ Note that $\gamma$ does not contain either of $-1,1$ in its interior. Thus by Cauchy's theorem, $\int_\gamma f(z)\,dz =0.$

There are three intervals in this contour; let's denote the integral of $f$ over the union of all of them by $I(r,R).$ Note that $I(r,R)$ is real.

The first small semicircle:

$$\int_{0}^{\pi} f(-1-re^{it})(-ire^{it})\,dt=-\int_{0}^{\pi}\frac{\exp[i(\pi/2)(-1-re^{it})]ire^{it}}{1-(-1-re^{it})^2}\,dt$$ $$ = -\int_{0}^{\pi}\frac{i\exp[i(\pi/2)(-1-re^{it})]}{-2+re^{it}}\,dt.$$

As $r\to 0^+,$ the last integrand converges nicely to $\dfrac{i\exp[-i(\pi/2]}{-2} = 1/2.$ Thus the integral converges to $-\pi\cdot(1/2)=-\pi/2.$

The big semicircle:

$$\int_{0}^{\pi} f(Re^{it})iRe^{it}\,dt= \int_{0}^{\pi} \frac{\exp[i(\pi/2)Re^{it}]iRe^{it}}{1-R^2e^{2it}}\,dt.$$

This one's easy to estimate: Slap absolute values on everything to see the integrand is bounded above by $R/(R^2-1).$ (The fact that $\sin t\ge 0$ in $[0,\pi]$ comes in here.) As $R\to \infty,$ the integral $\to 0.$

The second small semicircle: Just like the first, giving a limit of $-\pi/2.$

So we have

$$I(r,R) + \text{ integrals over semicirles } = 0.$$

Our works shows that if $R\to \infty$ and $r\to 0$ (let $r=1/R$ if you like) we get

$$\int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{\cos(\pi/2)x}{1-x^2 } = -(-\pi/2-\pi/2) =\pi.$$

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Added later: Comment on errors you may have made. The problems start with "calculate instead"

$$2Re\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{e^{\frac{\pi}{2}zi}}{1-e^{\pi zi}}dz.$$

I'm not sure why you changed $x$ to $z;$ we're still on the real axis at this point. But that's a minor thing. The big problem is the denominator. As others pointed out, it should be $1-z^2.$ It's important to get this right.

Onward to the pizza slice:

$$2Re\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{e^{\frac{\pi}{2}zi}}{1-e^{\pi zi}}dz=\int_{0}^{2\pi}\frac{e^{\frac{\pi}{2}\theta i}}{1-e^{\pi\theta i}R^{2}}d\theta+\int_{0}^{R}\frac{e^{\frac{\pi}{2}\theta i}}{1-e^{\pi\theta i}R^{2}}dR+\int_{0}^{R}\frac{e^{\frac{\pi}{2}\theta i}}{1-e^{\pi\theta i}R^{2}}dR.$$

The minor things: You have the same integral added to itself at the end? Also, $dR$ is strange, as $R$ is a limit of integration. And we have an integral over $[0,\infty)$ equal to a sum of integrals over finite intervals?

I'll stop here for now. Can you explain the strategy? What is the pizza slice contour? We can converse on this if you like.