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Exercise: Integration by Partial Frac... · Q17

Q.Evaluate ∫x2+1x(x−1) dx\displaystyle\int \frac{x^2+1}{x(x-1)}\,dx.

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Concept understanding — Integration by Partial Fractions

A proper rational function f(x)g(x)\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} (degree of f<f< degree of gg) is decomposed into a sum of simpler fractions determined by how g(x)g(x) factors: non-repeated linear factors give one constant-over-linear term per factor, Ax−a+Bx−b+⋯\frac{A}{x-a}+\frac{B}{x-b}+\cdots; a repeated linear factor (x−a)2(x-a)^2 contributes two terms, Ax−a+B(x−a)2\frac{A}{x-a}+\frac{B}{(x-a)^2}; and a non-repeated irreducible quadratic factor contributes a linear-over-quadratic term, Bx+Cx2+bx+c\frac{Bx+C}{x^2+bx+c}. The unknown constants are found either by comparing coefficients of like powers of xx after clearing denominators, or (faster, for linear factors) by substituting the root of each factor in turn. An improper fraction (numerator degree ≥\geq denominator degree) must be reduced by polynomial long division first. Many integrals that do not look like ration …

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