User:RandomUndergrad/Sandbox/Volume of Unit Hypersphere

Introduction
The n-ball with radius $R$ is defined to be the region bounded by the inequality $$\sum^n_{i=1}x_i\le R^2$$

So $$\int^R_{-R}\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_{-\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-1}}}_{-\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-1}}}1\; dx_n\; dx_{n-1}\cdots dx_1$$$$=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-1}}}_01\; dx_n\; dx_{n-1}\cdots dx_1$$ is therefore the volume of the $n$-dimensional ball with radius $R$.

We prove that $V_n=\dfrac{2^{\left\lceil\frac n2\right\rceil}\pi^{\left\lfloor\frac n2\right\rfloor}}{n!!}R^n$.

Lemma 1. (Reduction Formula for $\int{\cos^n\theta}$)
For any $n\geq2$,$$\int^\frac\pi2_0\cos^{n}\theta \; d \theta=\frac{n-1}n\int^\frac\pi2_0\cos^{n-2}\theta \; d \theta$$ Proof. $$\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^n\theta\;d\theta=\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^{n-1}\theta\;d\sin\theta=\left[\cos^{n-1}\theta\sin\theta\right]^{\frac\pi2}_0-\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\sin\theta\;d\cos^{n-1}\theta$$$$=(n-1)\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^{n-2}\theta\sin^2\theta\;d\theta=(n-1)\left(\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^{n-2}\theta\;d\theta-\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^n\theta\;d\theta\right)$$ So $\ds {n\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^n\theta\;d\theta=(n-1)\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos^{n-2}\theta\;d\theta}$. The result follows.

Lemma 2.
For any $n\le 0$,$$\int^k_0(k^2-x^2)^\frac n2dx=\begin{cases}\frac\pi2k^{n+1}\left(\frac{n!!}{(n+1)!!}\right)\quad\text {if}\; n\;\text {is odd}\\\\k^{n+1}\left(\frac{n!!}{(n+1)!!}\right)\phantom{\frac\pi2}\quad\text{if}\; n\;\text {is even}\end{cases}$$ where $$n!!=\begin{cases}n\times(n-2)\times(n-4)\dots\times 1 \quad\text{if}\; n \;  \text{is odd}\\n\times(n-2)\times(n-4)\dots\times2\quad\text{if}\;  n \;  \text{is even}\end{cases}$$ Proof. By substituting $x=k\sin\theta$, $\ds {\int^k_0(k^2-x^2)^\frac n2dx=\int^\frac\pi2_0k^{n+1}\cos^{n+1}\theta \; d \theta}$. By Lemma 1,

$$\int^\frac\pi2_0k^{n+1}\cos^{n+1}\theta \; d \theta=\begin{cases}k^{n+1}\left(\frac{n!!}{(n+1)!!}\right)\int^{\frac\pi2}_01\;d\theta\phantom{\cos\theta}=\frac\pi2k^{n+1}\left(\frac{n!!}{(n+1)!!}\right)\quad\text {if}\; n\;\text {is odd}\\\\k^{n+1}\left(\frac{n!!}{(n+1)!!}\right)\int^{\frac\pi2}_0\cos\theta\;d\theta\phantom1=k^{n+1}\left(\frac{n!!}{(n+1)!!}\right)\phantom{\frac\pi2}\quad\text{if}\; n\;\text {is even}\end{cases}$$

Conclusion
Therefore, by Lemma 2 and using the substitution $\ds {k=R^2-\sum^m_{i=0}x_i}$,

the volume of the $n$-dimensional ball $$V_n=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-1}}}_01\; dx_n\; dx_{n-1}\cdots dx_1$$ $$=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-2}}}_0(R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-1})^\frac12\; dx_{n-1}\cdots dx_1$$ $$=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-3}}}_0\frac\pi2\times\frac12(R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-2})^\frac22\; dx_{n-2}\cdots dx_1$$ $$=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-4}}}_0\frac\pi2\times\frac12\times\frac23(R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-3})^\frac32\; dx_{n-3}\cdots dx_1$$ $$=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-5}}}_0\left(\frac\pi2\right)^2\times\frac13\times\frac38(R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-4})^\frac42\; dx_{n-4}\cdots dx_1$$ $$=\cdots=2^n\int^R_0\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2}}_0\cdots\int^{\sqrt{R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-k-1}}}_0\left(\frac\pi2\right)^{\left\lfloor\frac k2\right\rfloor}\times\frac1{k!!}(R^2-x_1^2-x_2^2-\dots-x^2_{n-k})^\frac k2\; dx_{n-k}\cdots dx_1$$ $$=\cdots=2^n\times\left(\frac\pi2\right)^{\left\lfloor\frac n2\right\rfloor}\times\frac1{n!!}\times R^{2\left(\frac n2\right)}$$ $$=\frac{2^{\left\lceil\frac n2\right\rceil}\pi^{\left\lfloor\frac n2\right\rfloor}}{n!!}R^n$$ To simplify things, $$V_{2n+1}=\frac{2^{n+1}\pi^n}{(2n+1)!!}R^{2n+1}$$ $$V_{2n}=\frac{\pi^n}{n!}R^{2n}$$