Help with integral from Apostol Calculus

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The discussion focuses on proving the integral from Apostol's "Calculus" Volume 1, specifically Section 5.11, Question 33, which states that \int\frac{\cos^mx}{\sin^nx}dx = -\frac{\cos^{m+1}x}{(n-1)\sin^{n-1}x}-\frac{m-n+2}{n-1}\int\frac{\cos^mx}{\sin^{n-2}x} dx + C for n \neq 1. Participants share various approaches to derive this result, including reduction formulas and integration by parts. The discussion highlights the necessity of manipulating trigonometric identities and applying integration techniques effectively to reach the desired expression.

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Help with integral from Apostol "Calculus"

Homework Statement


I seem to be stuck trying to prove the following integral from Apostol "Calculus" Volume 1 Section 5.11, Question 33.
<br /> \int\frac{\cos^mx}{\sin^nx}dx = -\frac{\cos^{m+1}x}{(n-1)\sin^{n-1}x}-\frac{m-n+2}{n-1}\int\frac{\cos^mx}{\sin^{n-2}x} dx + C\,\,(n \neq 1)<br />

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The Attempt at a Solution


My thinking so far has been that if I take
<br /> I = \int\frac{\cos^mx}{\sin^nx}dx<br />
I have been able to prove that
<br /> I = -\frac{\cos^{m-1}x}{(n-1)\sin^{n-1}x} - \frac{m-1}{n-1}\int\frac{\cos^{m-2}x}{\sin^{n-2}x}\,dx+C\,\,\,\,\,(1)<br />
and
<br /> I = \frac{\cos^{m-1}x}{(m-n)\sin^{n-1}x} + \frac{m-1}{m-n}\int\frac{\cos^{m-2}x}{\sin^nx}\,dx+C\,\,\,\,\,(2)<br />
but showing that
<br /> I = -\frac{\cos^{m+1}x}{(n-1)\sin^{n-1}x}-\frac{m-n+2}{n-1}\int\frac{\cos^mx}{\sin^{n-2}x} dx + C<br />
seems to be eluding me. I attempted to apply a similar technique what I used on (1) to get (2) to try to obtain this integral, but it didn't seem to work.
I can also show that
<br /> I = -\frac{\cos^{m+1}x}{(m+1)\sin^{n+1}x} - \frac{n+1}{m+1}\int\frac{\cos^{m+2}x}{\sin^{n+2}x}\, dx + C<br />
but there's obviously more to it from this perspective.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Perhaps you could write the integral as:

##\int cos^m(x)sin^{-n}(x) dx## and apply an existing reduction formula.
 
You need to use $1=\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)$

$$\int \! \frac{\cos^{m}(x)}{\sin^{n}(x)} \, \mathrm{d}x=
\int \! \frac{\cos^{m}(x)}{\sin^{n}(x)}(\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)) \, \mathrm{d}x=
\\
\int \! \frac{\cos^{m}(x)}{\sin^{n}(x)}\sin^2(x) \, \mathrm{d}x+
\int \! \frac{\cos^{m}(x)}{\sin^{n}(x)}\cos^2(x) \, \mathrm{d}x=
\\
\int \! \frac{\cos^{m}(x)}{\sin^{n-2}(x)} \, \mathrm{d}x+
\int \! \frac{\cos^{m+2}(x)}{\sin^n(x)} \, \mathrm{d}x$$

Integrate the bit with m+2 by parts to reach the desired form.
 
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