How can the integral of a complex function be simplified?

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Homework Statement



\int sin e^{-x}+e^x cos e^{-x}\,dx

Find the integral above

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I tried substituting u=e^{-x}, but i get \int \frac{sin u}{u}+\frac{cos u}{u^2} \,du, which is non-integrable function.
 
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What is the derivative of ##e^x\cos(e^{-x})##?

ehild
 
Thanks. I didn't notice that
 
You are welcome.

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ehild said:
What is the derivative of ##e^x\cos(e^{-x})##?

ehild

A second way is to try to transform the cos into a sin function. That leads to the hope that an integration by part will work by starting with

e^x cos (e^{-x}) = \frac{d e^x}{dx} \cos (e^{-x})

and sure enough that works.
 
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