RandallB said:
How, or where can I find a solution to Integrals of :
|cos θ| * ½ (sin θ)^2
AND
|cos θ| * ½ (1 + sin θ)^2
to solve from 0 to 2π
I think the first should be the same as:
cos θ * ½ (sin θ)2 :
Integrated from 0 to π/2, times 4
Yes, this is correct. Do you know how to show it?
Or you can do it normally by splitting the integral into smaller ones, and try to get rid of the absolute value. I'll give you a simple example:
[tex]\int \limits_{-2} ^ 1 |x| dx[/tex]
Since we have |x| = x, for x >= 0; and |x| = -x, for x < 0, we can do as follow:
[tex]\int \limits_{-2} ^ {1} |x| dx = \int \limits_{-2} ^ 0 |x| dx + \int \limits_{0} ^ {1} |x| dx = \int \limits_{-2} ^ 0 (-x) dx + \int \limits_{0} ^ {1} x dx[/tex]
[tex]\left. -\frac{x ^ 2}{2} \right|_{-2} ^ 0 + \left. \frac{x ^ 2}{2} \right|_{0} ^ 1 = 0 - \left( -\frac{4}{2} \right) + \frac{1}{2} - 0 = \frac{5}{2}[/tex]
Now we have |cos (x)| = cos(x), if [tex]x \in \left[ -\frac{\pi}{2} + 2k \pi, \frac{\pi}{2} + 2k \pi \right], \quad k \in \mathbb{Z}[/tex], and
|cos (x)| = -cos(x), if [tex]x \in \left] \frac{\pi}{2} + 2k \pi, \frac{3 \pi}{2} + 2k \pi \right[, \quad k \in \mathbb{Z}[/tex]
Can you do those integrals now? :)