Dirichlet integral

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I want to prove

$$\displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \frac{\sin x}x \,\mathrm{d}x = \frac \pi 2$$

and

$$\displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \frac{|\sin x|}x \,\mathrm{d}x \to \infty$$

And I found in wikipedia, but I don't know, can't understand. I didn't learn differential equations, Laplace transforms, and even inverse trigonometric functions.

So tell me easy, please.

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About the second integral: Set $x_n = 2\pi n + \pi / 2$. Since $\sin(x_n) = 1$ and $\sin$ is continuous in the vicinity of $x_n$, there exists $\epsilon, \delta > 0$ so that $\sin(x) \ge 1 - \epsilon$ for $|x-x_n| \le \delta$. Thus we have: $$\int_0^{+\infty} \frac{|\sin x|}{x} dx \ge 2\delta\sum_{n = 0}^{+\infty} \frac{1 - \epsilon}{x_n} = \frac{2\delta(1-\epsilon)}{2\pi}\sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} \frac{1}{n + 1/4} \rightarrow \infty $$