Unsolved Integral Questions: Methods and Attempts

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In summary, the conversation discusses two integrals and methods for solving them. The first one involves substitutions and the use of Pythagorean Identities, while the second one can be solved using a substitution and partial fractions. However, there is an easier method for the second integral that involves another substitution and simplification using trigonometric identities.
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i could'nt solve them please help
 

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Your substitutions seem to be the way to go for the first one. I hope you know those expressions for sin and cos actually come about from t= tan(x/2)?

Therefore by the chain rule, [itex]dt=\frac{1}{2} \sec^2 (x/2) dx[/itex].
Then we use the Pythatgorean Identities to reduce sec^2 to tan^2 +1.

[tex]dt = \frac{1}{2} (\tan^2 (x/2) +1 ) dx = \frac{1}{2} (t^2 +1) dx[/tex]
Getting dx alone yields [tex]\frac{2 dt}{t^2+1} = dx[/tex] which unfortunately is not what you had. So try it with that correction.

For the second one, in partial fractions the numerator always has to be 1 degree less than the denominator. I sure you knew that because for the first partial fraction you put Ax+b over 1+x^2. The second partial fraction has degree 4, so instead of putting cx+d, try cx^3+dx^2+e^x+f .
 
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For the second one, instead of splitting it into partial fractions try the substitution:
[tex]x = tan(u)[/tex]

There's still a fair bit of work to do after that, but it should get you started.
 
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Actually, for the second one there is a much easier way that I just saw!

x= tan z
dx = sec^2 z dz
[tex]\int \frac{1}{(1+x^2)^2} dx = \int \frac{\sec^2 z}{(1+\tan^2 z)^2} dz=\int \frac{\sec^2 z}{\sec^4 z} dz =\int \frac{1}{\sec^2 z}dz = \int \cos^2 z dz[/tex]

Now finish that off with [itex]\cos^2 z = \frac{1}{2} (\cos 2z +1)[/itex]

EDIT: DAMN IT
 
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thank you very much
 

1. What are unsolved integral questions?

Unsolved integral questions refer to mathematical problems that involve finding the integral of a function but do not have a known solution or method for solving. These questions often require advanced mathematical techniques and have been a subject of study for many mathematicians over the years.

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