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- From: swsy@next4 (STEVEN W. SY)
- Subject: Re: A simple (?) integral
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.195420.3663@mtu.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 19:54:20 GMT
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- Mark Spaeth asked:
-
-
- >Considering 1,000,000 minds are better than one, I thought I'd post this
- >wonderful problem...
- >
- > _ ______
- > ( /
- > _) `/ tan x dx
- >
- >
- >Obviously the normal substution t=tan(x/2) won't work since this is no a
- >rational function of since and cosine, and integration by parts doesn't
- >look too promising...
- >
- >Mail ranging from insight to a solution, a complete solution, or this is
- >not integrable in elementary functions because ________ would be greatly
- >appreciated...
-
-
- I found that if I used a u=tan x substitution, I could reduce the integral
- to:
-
- _ u^(1/2)
- ( _______ du
- _) u^2 + 1
-
-
- This integral was more easily solvable. This form can be solved by
- Mathematica.
- The complete solution is:
-
- {{Arctan[1+Sqrt[2*Tan(x)]]}/Sqrt(2)}
- -{{Arctan[1-Sqrt[2*Tan(x)]]}/Sqrt(2)}
- +{{Ln[1-Sqrt[2*Tan(x)]+Tan(x)]}/(2*Sqrt(2))}
- -{{Ln[1+Sqrt[2*Tan(x)]+Tan(x)]}/(2*Sqrt(2))}
-
- Enjoy!
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