Definition of the Dirac Delta function gives Sin converging to zero at infinity.

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It would seem that (one) definition of the Dirac Delta function implies the Sin function converges to zero at infinity.

The Dirac Delta function can be defined as:

$\delta(x) = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{ikx}dk$

Which follows from the Fourier transform of the delta function. The delta function evaluated at x=1 is zero by definition so:

$\delta(1) = 0 = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{ik}dk$

But this would mean:

$0 = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{ik}dk = \frac{1}{2\pi i }e^{ik} |_{-\infty}^{\infty}= \frac{1}{2\pi i }[cos(k)+isin(k)] |_{-\infty}^{\infty} = \frac{1}{2\pi i }[2isin(k)] |_{\infty} = \frac{1}{\pi }sin(\infty)$

So:

$sin(\infty) = 0$

What am I doing wrong here? Is it incorrect to assume this is a statement of convergence at infinity?