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Sadly, there's no context. Where did this integral arise? What motivated the specific change of variables? What characterizes the class of similar integrals solved by this method? From what's presented, it seems it's "guess and check".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smoot https://physics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/george-smoot-iii https://apc.u-paris.fr/fr/memory-george-fitzgerald-smoot-iii https://elements.lbl.gov/news/honoring-the-legacy-of-george-smoot/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2006/smoot/facts/...

Dev vs. Tester: Guess who’s got the edge in this epic meme showdown? (codemug)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai (1995) Tender Surrender and Bad Horsie from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Love_Secrets Steve Vai - "Tender Surrender" Steve Vai - "Bad Horsie" (2020) Steve Vai - "Bad Horsie" from the Harmony Hut Here are two recent covers by kids... both...

These are hard-driving for network television. (1990) Megadeth - Hangar 18 [Live on Arsenio Hall Show, 1990] (High Quality) (see #1,155 in the covers thread ) (2011) TV Live: Motorhead - "Ace of Spades" (Fallon 2011) (see #1,341 in the covers thread ) (2017) Slayer: Raining Blood (Live @...

(1987) Desert Island from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Metal_Symphony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacophony_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Friedman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Becker (Jason is about 20. Marty is about 26.) (1989) Cacophony - Desert Island [Live in...

(2023) Benjamin Scheuer - SEE MY HEROES (Live at RAK Studios, London) Here, he explains the backstory behind the song Benjamin Scheuer performs his song "See My Heroes" at the Eighth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata

Megafunky Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (Fake Music) Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

(1988) Eleven Blue Egyptians from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_Burn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Becker - (played guitar, bass, and keyboards) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Friedman played a guest solo (both were in Cacaphony ) (see also my post #11 in the Metal, Rock...

I think you meant Greg Howe, not Steve Howe (Yes). (2006) Greg Howe, Dennis Chambers, and Tetsuo Sakurai (1996) Michael Jackson with guitarist Greg Howe "Beat It" solo I first heard of Greg Howe as one of the shredders from Shrapnel Records (including Steeler/Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason...

( see also #1,997 ) (2023) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Otamatone Cover by NELSONTYC) (2014) Stayin' Alive - Cereus Bright (Bee Gees Cover) (2025) Royal Republic - Stayin' Alive (Official Video)

DarWin – Rising Distortion (Official HD Video) With Simon Phillips, Mohini Dey, Greg Howe, DarWin (DarWin in #88 in this thread, DarWin in #1320 in the covers thread ) (more Mohini Dey on PF) (more =1&c[nodes][0]=20&o=date']Greg Howe on PF )

James Burkett Hartle: a Biographical Memoir Gary T. Horowitz, Kip S. Thorne https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14288

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Tears (1991) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne (1992) Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (Live) - OZZY OSBOURNE - "No More Tears" (Official Video) - ( more =1050205&o=date']Ozzy on PF ) OZZY OSBOURNE "No More Tears" Zakk Wylde playthrough | RIFFHARD...

It's been 21 years for me. I'm glad I found PF because the signal-to-noise ratio on sci.physics.relativity was terrible.