Can this tricky integral be solved in general?

Muppetmaster · 2009-12-20T05:05:40+00:00

\pi[\int \right[ \frac{\sqrt{x^2+1}}{x^4+sin(x)^2}\left]\;dx Is this soluble generally?

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Muppetmaster

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Dec 19, 2009

[itex]\pi[\int \right[ \frac{\sqrt{x^2+1}}{x^4+sin(x)^2}\left]\;dx[/itex]

Is this soluble generally?

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hamster143

Dec 20, 2009

Probably not.

Muppetmaster

Dec 20, 2009

hamster143 said:

Probably not.

Taylor series it is then.

It's easy to make into a series of partial fractions.

hamster143

Dec 20, 2009

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=\int+sqrt(x^2%2B1)%2F(x^4%2Bsin(x)^2)+dx+

Can this tricky integral be solved in general?

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