Integration by parts difficulties

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Just working through a problem Acheson's book (From Calculus to Chaos) if anyone knows it.. eq 8.6 in this book..

As he's working through the problem he makes the step of this:


<br /> m\int_{t_{1} }^{t_{2}} \left( \dot{y}_{\scriptscriptstyle A }\dot{\eta} - g\eta \right)\,dt <br /> (1)

to

m\left[\dot{y}_{\scriptscriptstyle A} \eta\right]_{t_{1}}^{t_{2}} -<br /> m\int_{t_{1}}^{t_{2}}\left(\ddot{y}_{\scriptscriptstyle A} + g\right)\eta\,dt<br /> (2)

... using integration by parts.

Now, I've been stuck on it for a little while and I can't really figure it out.. I tried 'taking out' the \eta but had no luck, if anyone had any suggestions of what to let == dv and what to let == u in the formula it would probably sort me out!
\int u\,dv = uv - \int v\,du<br />
Thanks in advance! (ps. I can post further workings if necessary)
 
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He only did integration by parts on the first term in the integral, the \dot{y}_A\dot{\eta} term. The g\eta term was not integrated by parts. u = \dot{y}_A, dv = \dot{\eta}dt.
 
Mute said:
He only did integration by parts on the first term in the integral, the \dot{y}_A\dot{\eta} term. The g\eta term was not integrated by parts. u = \dot{y}_A, dv = \dot{\eta}dt.
sorry, my bad, although I probably wouldn't have realized if I looked at it for a full day! :redface:thanks for your help
 
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