Line-integral: 2-form integrated over cube

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Let $$\omega=x\cos(xy)\cos(2\pi x)\ \ \ \text{d}x\wedge\text{d}y$$ Calculate $$\int_{[0,\frac{1}{4}]\times[0,2\pi]}\omega$$

Now we have:

\begin{align} \int_{[0,\frac{1}{4}]\times[0,2\pi]}x\cos(xy)\cos(2\pi x)\ \text{d}x\wedge\text{d}y & = \int_0^{\frac{1}{4}}\Big(\int_0^{2\pi}x\cos(xy)\cos(2\pi x) \text{d}y\Big)\ \text{d}x\\ &= \int_0^{\frac{1}{4}}\cos(2\pi x)\sin(2\pi x)\\ &=\frac{1}{4}\pi \end{align}

I am not sure if this is correct, could anyone have a look at it and spot any mistakes? I would appreciate it a lot!

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It should be: $$ \begin{align} \int\limits_0^\frac{1}{4} \cos(2\pi x)\sin(2\pi x) \mathrm{d}x &= \int\limits_0^\frac{1}{4}\frac{1}{2}\sin(4\pi x)\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{-1}{4\pi}\cos(4\pi x)\right]_0^\frac{1}{4} \\ &= \frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{4\pi}(1 - (-1)) \\ &= \frac{1}{4\pi} \end{align} $$.