Integrating Trigonometric Functions: How to Remember and Use Identities?

  • Thread starter Thread starter athrun200
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Integrals
athrun200
Messages
275
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement


I have a problem in part b
attachment.php?attachmentid=37249&stc=1&d=1310910823.jpg


Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution


How to integral the function?

attachment.php?attachmentid=37248&stc=1&d=1310910823.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 2.jpg
    2.jpg
    24.7 KB · Views: 596
  • 3.jpg
    3.jpg
    6.5 KB · Views: 561
  • 4.jpg
    4.jpg
    24.3 KB · Views: 547
Physics news on Phys.org
1. Homework Statement
I would like to ask for 18 and20

attachment.php?attachmentid=37252&stc=1&d=1310910922.jpg



2. Homework Equations



3. The Attempt at a Solution
Again how to integral the function?

attachment.php?attachmentid=37250&stc=1&d=1310910823.jpg


attachment.php?attachmentid=37251&stc=1&d=1310910922.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 5.jpg
    5.jpg
    64.3 KB · Views: 562
  • 6.jpg
    6.jpg
    28.2 KB · Views: 586
10a looks fine.

For 10b, take advantage of the following trig identity:

cosh2 x = [1 + cosh (2x)]/2
 
gb7nash said:
10a looks fine.

For 10b, take advantage of the following trig identity:

cosh2 x = [1 + cosh (2x)]/2

Oh no, I know this identity, but there are too many identity and formula so I can't remember it before you tell me. How can I make sure that I remember all of them? Or where can I check these useful identity?
 
http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/HyperbolicIdentities.html

As far as knowing which ones to remember, it would depend on what you're trying to do and what class you're in. For a lot of integral problems, the identities I usually see are sin2 + cos2 = 1 (and any other pythagorean identities), and half/double angle formulas.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
gb7nash said:
http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/HyperbolicIdentities.html

As far as knowing which ones to remember, it would depend on what you're trying to do and what class you're in. For a lot of integral problems, the identities I usually see are sin2 + cos2 = 1 (and any other pythagorean identities), and half/double angle formulas.

Thanks so much.
Shall we move on #2?
I just have some problems.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Prove $$\int\limits_0^{\sqrt2/4}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-x^2}}\arcsin\sqrt{\frac{(x-1)\left(x-1+x\sqrt{9-16x}\right)}{1-2x}} \, \mathrm dx = \frac{\pi^2}{8}.$$ Let $$I = \int\limits_0^{\sqrt 2 / 4}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-x^2}}\arcsin\sqrt{\frac{(x-1)\left(x-1+x\sqrt{9-16x}\right)}{1-2x}} \, \mathrm dx. \tag{1}$$ The representation integral of ##\arcsin## is $$\arcsin u = \int\limits_{0}^{1} \frac{\mathrm dt}{\sqrt{1-t^2}}, \qquad 0 \leqslant u \leqslant 1.$$ Plugging identity above into ##(1)## with ##u...
Back
Top