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The integral $$\int\frac{x^{2}}{(4-x^{2})^{3/2}} \ dx$$ can be approached using trigonometric substitution, specifically with $x=2\sin(u)$, leading to a transformed integral involving $\sin(u)$ and $\cos(u)$. This substitution simplifies the integral to $$\int\tan^{2}(u) \ du$$, which results in the expression $\tan(u) - u + C$. The final result for the integral is $$I=\frac{x}{\sqrt{4-x^{2}}}-\arcsin\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)+C$$. Alternative methods, such as integration by parts, were also discussed but the trigonometric approach proved effective.
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$$\displaystyle
\int\frac{{x}^{2}}{\left(4-{x}^{2}\right)^{3/2}} \ dx$$
$u=4-{x}^{2} \ \ \ du=-2x dx \ \ \ x=\sqrt{4-u}$
$$\displaystyle
\int\frac{4-u}{
\left(u\right)^{3/2}} -2 \sqrt{4-u}\ du$$

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Try a trigonometric substitution instead. :)
 
karush said:
$$\displaystyle
\int\frac{{x}^{2}}{\left(4-{x}^{2}\right)^{3/2}} \ dx$$
$u=4-{x}^{2} \ \ \ du=-2x dx \ \ \ x=\sqrt{4-u}$
$$\displaystyle
\int\frac{4-u}{
\left(u\right)^{3/2}} -2 \sqrt{4-u}\ du$$

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Another option is to write $\displaystyle \begin{align*} \int{ \frac{x^2}{\left( 4 - x^2 \right) ^{\frac{3}{2}}}\,\mathrm{d}x } = -\frac{1}{2}\int{ x\,\left( -\frac{2\,x}{\left( 4 - x^2 \right) ^{\frac{3}{2}}} \right) \,\mathrm{d}x } \end{align*}$ and then apply integration by parts with $\displaystyle \begin{align*} u = x \end{align*}$ and $\displaystyle \begin{align*} \mathrm{d}v = -\frac{2\,x}{\left( 4 - x^2 \right) ^{\frac{3}{2}}}\,\mathrm{d}x \end{align*}$.
 
$$\displaystyle
I=\int\frac{{x}^{2}}{\left(4-{x}^{2}\right)^{3/2}} \ dx$$
$x=2\sin\left({u}\right)
\ \ \ dx=2\cos\left({u}\right) du
\ \ \ u=\arcsin\left({\frac{x}{2}}\right)$
$$\displaystyle
I=\int\frac{8\sin\left({u}\right)\cos\left({u}\right)}
{\left(4\left(1-\sin^2\left({u}\right)\right)\right)^{3/2}}\ du
\implies\int\tan^2\left({u}\right) \ du
\implies\tan\left({u}\right)-u+C$$
$\sin\left({u}\right)=\frac{x}{2}
\ \ \ \ \tan\left({u}\right)=\frac{x}{\sqrt{4-{x}^{2}}}$
$$I=\frac{x}{\sqrt{4-{x}^{2}}}-\arcsin\left({\frac{x}{2}}\right)+C$$
 
karush said:
$$\displaystyle
I=\int\frac{{x}^{2}}{\left(4-{x}^{2}\right)^{3/2}} \ dx$$
$x=2\sin\left({u}\right)
\ \ \ dx=2\cos\left({u}\right) du
\ \ \ u=\arcsin\left({\frac{x}{2}}\right)$
$$\displaystyle
I=\int\frac{8\sin\left({u}\right)\cos\left({u}\right)}
{\left(4\left(1-\sin^2\left({u}\right)\right)\right)^{3/2}}\ du$$

Should be $\displaystyle \begin{align*} \int{ \frac{8\sin^2{(u)}\cos{(u)}}{ \left\{ 4\,\left[ 1 - \sin^2{(u)} \right] \right\} ^{\frac{3}{2}} } \,\mathrm{d}u } \end{align*}$
 
$\tiny\text{Stewart e6 {7r33} } $
$$\displaystyle
I=\int\frac{{x}^{2}}{\left(4-{x}^{2}\right)^{3/2}} \ dx$$
$x=2\sin\left({u}\right)
\ \ \ dx=2\cos\left({u}\right) du
\ \ \ u=\arcsin\left({\frac{x}{2}}\right)$
$$\displaystyle
I=\int\frac{8\sin^2\left({u}\right)\cos\left({u}\right)}
{\left(4\left(1-\sin^2\left({u}\right)\right)\right)^{3/2}}\ du
\implies\int\tan^2\left({u}\right) \ du
\implies\tan\left({u}\right)-u+C$$
$\sin\left({u}\right)=\frac{x}{2}
\ \ \ \ \tan\left({u}\right)=\frac{x}{\sqrt{4-{x}^{2}}}$
$$I=\frac{x}{\sqrt{4-{x}^{2}}}-\arcsin\left({\frac{x}{2}}\right)+C$$
$\tiny\text
{from Surf the Nations math study group}$
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There are probably loads of proofs of this online, but I do not want to cheat. Here is my attempt: Convexity says that $$f(\lambda a + (1-\lambda)b) \leq \lambda f(a) + (1-\lambda) f(b)$$ $$f(b + \lambda(a-b)) \leq f(b) + \lambda (f(a) - f(b))$$ We know from the intermediate value theorem that there exists a ##c \in (b,a)## such that $$\frac{f(a) - f(b)}{a-b} = f'(c).$$ Hence $$f(b + \lambda(a-b)) \leq f(b) + \lambda (a - b) f'(c))$$ $$\frac{f(b + \lambda(a-b)) - f(b)}{\lambda(a-b)}...

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