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Mathematics · Ch 10 — Indefinite Integration

Integrals of the Form $\int\dfrac{dx}{a\sin^2x+b\cos^2x+c}$

10.2.5

Integrals of the Form $\int\dfrac{dx}{a\sin^2x+b\cos^2x+c}$

To evaluate ∫dxasin⁡2x+bcos⁡2x+c\int\dfrac{dx}{a\sin^2x+b\cos^2x+c}: (1) divide numerator and denominator by cos⁡2x\cos^2x; (2) replace sec⁡2x\sec^2x by 1+tan⁡2x1+\tan^2x in the denominator; (3) substitute t=tan⁡xt=\tan x, reducing the integral to the quadratic-denominator form ∫dtAt2+Bt+C\int\dfrac{dt}{At^2+Bt+C} handled in 3.2.4; (4) evaluate using the appropriate special formula and re-express the answer in terms of xx.

∫dx3+2sin⁡2x+5cos⁡2x\int\dfrac{dx}{3+2\sin^2x+5\cos^2x}. Divide by cos⁡2x\cos^2x: ∫sec⁡2x3sec⁡2x+2tan⁡2x+5 dx\int\dfrac{\sec^2x}{3\sec^2x+2\tan^2x+5}\,dx. Replace 3sec⁡2x=3(1+tan⁡2x)3\sec^2x=3(1+\tan^2x): denominator becomes 5tan⁡2x+85\tan^2x+8. Put t=tan⁡xt=\tan x: 15∫dtt2+8/5\frac15\int\dfrac{dt}{t^2+8/5}, a Formula-1 shape: result =1210tan⁡−15tan⁡x22+c=\dfrac{1}{2\sqrt{10}}\tan^{-1}\dfrac{\sqrt5\tan x}{2\sqrt2}+c. …