How to Integrate Arcsin Functions: Solving the Integral of Arcsin (2x/(1+x^2))

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Homework Statement


Evaluate \int arcsin (\frac{2x}{1+x^{2}})

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\int arcsin x = xarcsinx +\sqrt{1-x^{2}} + C

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I'm not sure where to begin, when I try to substitute the term inside the brackets the equation gets even more complicated. Help?
 
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Are you familiar with integration by parts? The relevant equation you stated uses parts by using u = arcsin x and dV = dX.

Do the same procedure with your above integral... though you are correct that it does get messy!
 
You can't just substitute into the equation for arcsin x, it doesn't work that way
 
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