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Q.Integrate: ∫1x(x3−1) dx\int \dfrac{1}{x(x^3-1)}\,dx

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Decompose 1x(x−1)(x2+x+1)=Ax+Bx−1+Cx+Dx2+x+1\dfrac{1}{x(x-1)(x^2+x+1)}=\dfrac{A}{x}+\dfrac{B}{x-1}+\dfrac{Cx+D}{x^2+x+1}.

Solving (using x=0, x=1, and matching coefficients) gives A=−1A=-1, B=13B=\tfrac13, C=23C=\tfrac23, D=13D=\tfrac13.

So the integrand is −1x+13(x−1)+2x+13(x2+x+1)-\dfrac1x+\dfrac{1}{3(x-1)}+\dfrac{2x+1}{3(x^2+x+1)}.

∫−1xdx=−ln⁡∣x∣\int -\dfrac1x dx=-\ln|x|; ∫13(x−1)dx=13ln⁡∣x−1∣\int\dfrac{1}{3(x-1)}dx=\dfrac13\ln|x-1|; ∫2x+13(x2+x+1)dx=13ln⁡(x2+x+1)\int\dfrac{2x+1}{3(x^2+x+1)}dx=\dfrac13\ln(x^2+x+1) (numerator is the derivative of the denominator). …

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