Compute the area under the curve

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Homework Statement


Hi everyone,
can you give me some hint to solve this? please

Compute the area under the curve:

Homework Equations


[tex](x^3+y^3)^2=x^2+y^2[/tex]

The Attempt at a Solution


I've been trying to transform it into polar coordinates, but I've finished when I get the equation for the radius:
[tex]r^2=1/((\cos(\theta))^3+(\sin(\theta))^3)[/tex],
because then I get the integral which should not be easily integrated (of course I've compute with Jacobian)

thanks for yout attention
 
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I am sorry, I forgot add this condition: [tex]x>0, y>0[/tex], so then I will get the integral in this case:
[tex] \int\limits_{0}^{\pi/2}(\int\limits_{0}^{\frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos^3\alpha+\sin^3\alpha}}}r\,dr)\,d\alpha[/tex],
which results to [tex]1/3 (\pi+2 \sqrt{2} \tanh^{-1}(1/\sqrt{2}))[/tex], but it's little bit different form the correct result which is [tex]\frac{\pi}{6}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}\ln(1+\sqrt{2})[/tex]
 


Yes, you're right. l forget 1/2 in front of integral, then the results are same:
1.8781645380502384306795745680939249649333168829204582775232678988974988081580885734995703727615411934.
Thanks for your time.