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Dell
Apr11-09, 04:29 PM
i need to find the values of p so that the following integral converges

\int(tan(x))pdx (from 0-\pi/2)

the only way i could think of doing this was integration in parts, but i get stuck

\int(tan(x))p =\int(sinp(x)/cosp(x))
u=sinpx
du=-p*sinp-1(x)cos(x)
dv=dx/cosp(x)

but i dont know how to integrate 1/cospdx to find my v

what would be a better way to do this?