Let $k \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$. We denote by $c _ { k }$ the positive real number such that: $c _ { k } \int _ { 0 } ^ { 2 \pi } \left( \frac { 1 + \cos t } { 2 } \right) ^ { k } d t = 1$, and for every real $t$ we set $R _ { k } ( t ) = c _ { k } \left( \frac { 1 + \cos t } { 2 } \right) ^ { k }$.
Calculate $\int _ { 0 } ^ { \pi } \left( \frac { 1 + \cos t } { 2 } \right) ^ { k } \sin t \, d t$. Deduce that $c _ { k } \leq \frac { k + 1 } { 4 }$.