Unit 9 Integration of Elementary Functions
Unit 9 Integration of Elementary Functions
FUNCTIONS
Structure
9.1 Introduction
Objectives
9.2 Standard Integrals
9.3 Methods of Integration
Integration by Substitution
Integration by Parts
9.4 Integration of Trigonometric ~undions
9.5 Summary
9.6 Solutions/Answers
9.1 INTRODUCTION
In Unit 6, we developed techniques of differentiation which enable us to
differentiate almost any function with comparative ease. Although, integration is
the reverse process of differentiation as we have seen in Unit 8, yet integration is
much harder to carry out. Recall that in the case of differentiation, if a function is
an expression involving elementary funktions (such as xr, sin x, ex, ...) then, so is
its derivative. Although many integration problems also have this characteristic,
certain ones do not. HoGever, there are some elementary functions (e.g. ex? for
which an integral cannot be expressed in terms of elementary functions. Even where
this is possible, the techniques for finding these integrals are often complicated. For
this reason, we must be prepared with a broad range of techniques in order to cope
with' the problem of calculating integrals.
In this unit we will develop two general techniques, namely, integration by
substitution and integration by parts for calculating both indefinite and definite
integrals. We will also discuss their application for the integration of various classes
of elementary and trigonometric functions.
Objectives
After reading this unit you should be able to
compute integrals of functions using standard integrals,
use the method of substitution for integration,
use the method of integration by parts for integration,
compute integrals of various elementary and trigonometric functions.
and
I*
x2
= Ix-~~x =
x-2+1
+C = --I
X
+ c..
Table 1
\xn dx -
- -xn+l
n+l , (n z -1)
, \cosee* dx - - cot x
k dx
-
- In x lsec x tan x dx = sec x
Jax dx - -
ax JS]dx = sin-'x
In a
\ a s x dx --
- sin x xJ&)Idx= sec-'x
\ s e h dx - tan x
We shall also be making repeated use of the following two properties of indefinite
integral (ref. Unit 8).
u/4
= - [XI?
0
= tan (1~14)- tan 0 - (1~14
- 0)
wl4
1
Therefore, tan% dx = 1 - n/4.
0
1-x2 2-(1+x2) -
Solution : We first write - =. -- 1.
1+xz l+x2 - 1+x2
Now, integrating both sides of the above equation, we get
sothat, I$ dx = 2 - IT
- a
4
You must have noticed that in the two examples above, our effort has been to
express the given integrand as a combination of some standard integrals listed in
Table 1. You can easily solve these exercises now, by using the same strategy.
t
We now give two general methods of integration, namely,
i) integration by substitution,
ii) integration by parts.
The method of substitution (also referred to as change of variables) consists in .
Therefore, -
dt
= f(+(t)) +'(t) .............................. (2)
r where dash denotes differentiation with respect to t. Integrating both sides of (2)
with respect to t we get
since, t = In x.
T'herefore, from (3) and (5) we get,
(In x ) ~
h = - + c
X 3
Note : Making a suitable substitution is a skill which you can develop through
practice. Basically, we try to look for a composition of the form f(+(t)) +'(t), where
f(+(t)) is a function whose integral is known to us and +'(t) appears in the integrand.
Sometimes it may happen that instead of +'(t) a constant multiple of r$'(t) may
appear in the integrals.
Let us now illustrate this point with the help of an example.
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Some Typical Examples of Substitution
t
j
We now consider the integrals f(x) dx, whbre the integrand f(x) is in some
typical form and the integral can be obtained easily by the method of substitution.
Various forms of integrals considered are as follows:
(A) If(=+ b) dx
To integrate f(ax+b), put ax+b = t. Therefore, a dx = dt or d~ = 1 dt a
Thus, If(ax+b) dx = If(t) dt
which can.be evaluated, once the right hand side is known.
or example, to find Icos(ax+b)dx, we put ax+b = t and adx = dt, ordx = 1 dt.
1 1
Then, Icos(ax+b) = l c o s t dt = T sin t +c
1 sin(ax+b) +e
of icos(ax+b)dx =
Similarly, we have the following results.
I I= 1
dx =
1
- ln(ax+b)
a
+c
..
\
1~
Ieax+b
dx - - e1
-
a
.(ax+b)
+c
,
Isec2(ax+b)dx = 1 tan(ax+b) + c etc. N
You can make direct use of the above results in solving exercises.
(B) If(xn)xn-I dx
To integrate f(xn) xn-' we let x" = t. Then nxn-' dx = dt
and If(xn)xn-' dx 1
= ?i lf(t) dt
which can be found out once the right hand side is known.
1
For example, to find /xi sin x3dx, put x3 = t. Then 3x2dx = dt, that is. x2dx = -
3 dt
Then. Ix2 sin x q x 1
= - Isin t dt =
3 3
- - cos t +c
1 COS x3
= -- +C
3
(c) ,f(x)n ff(x) dx, n + -1
Putting f(x) =t, we see that ff(x)dx = dt and
For example, ,c6s2x sin x dx =-- I t 2 dt, where, t = m x (and hence -dt = sin x dx).
1 t3
Therefore, ,cbs2x sin x dx = - -
3
+c 1
= -- cos3x
3
+ c
(D) ,a
f(x)
dx
Putting f(x) =t, we have f!(x)dx = dt
and I-ff(x) =
f(x)
j? = lnt +c = In f(x) +c
i.e., the integral of a fraction in which the numerator is the differential coefficient
of the denominator, is equal to the logarithm of the denominator (plus a constant).
For example, applying this result, we have
dx = c - l n c o s x ,
since.f(x) = cos x in this case.
fsec x dx = ln(sec x + t i n x) + c
Remember that logarithm of a quantity is defined only when the quantity is positive.
Thus, while making use of these formulas make sure that the integrand to be
integrated is positive in the domain under consideration.
under this category we now give some results dbtained by putting x = at, and hence
dx = a dt.
,xJzF
dx
= 4 .-1 X
sec (x)+ c.
We usually use all the integrals given under (A)-(E) directly whenever required
without actually proving them. Using these formulas, you may now try the following
exercise :
E4) Integrate the following v "h respect to x.
(sin- 1x12 (1+ln x ) ~
a) x sec2x2 b) C) X
Jl-xZ
Suppose that an integral of the form ff(+(x)) +'(x) dx is subjected to the substitution
a
of t = +(x), so that
/ f(+(x)) +'(x) d i becomes / f(t) dt; then the limits of integration also changes
accordingly. In this case, for x = a, t = +(a) and for x = b, t = +(b) and
b 9(b)
dx [ F(+(x)) I
A- = F1(+(x)) +'(x)
= f(+(x)) +'(x) (since F(x) = /f(x) dx)
Thus, when the variable is changed from x to t, the new limits are the values
o f t which correspond to the values a and b of x. Various underlying steps in this
method are elaborated through the next example.
Example 10 : Evaluate
&I-
dx.
Solution : Step 1 : P u t t = m.here fore t2 = x + l ........ (11)
and x = t2-1 SO,dx = 2t dt.
From (11).when x=O, t = l and when x=8, t=3.
8 3
Thus, 1 2dx
0 . m
= [t2-
-i1-2t dt
Lm
COS X
5X3 dx
C, 13+4sin
0 x dX
The integration done by using rule (14) is called integration by parts. In words, it
can .be stated as follows:
The integral of the product of two functions = first function X integral of the second
function - integral of (differential coefficient of the first x integral of the second).
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From (14), it can be easily seen that,
You may be wondering why we chose f(x) = x and g(x) = ex, and not the other
way round (i.e. f(x) = ex and g(x) = x). Remember, our objective w-as to find the
- given integral as easily as possible. Had w e chosen f(x) = ex and g(x) = x, and
applied the method of integration by parts, we would have got
But now, the resulting integral is more difficult tean the given integral. Hence, our
earlier choice for f(x) was a wiser one. The next example shows how integration by
parts can be used to compute a reasonably complicated integral.
j ~ m s x d x= 9 jmsxdx - jb { j c o s x d x } dx
c, is a constant of integration.
. = X(-&x) + j c o s x d x + C2
Therefore, j x sin x dx = -x ms x + sin x + c2 ........ (16)
% being the constant of integration.
I eaXcosbx dx = e,sin bx
-- b.
iae,sinbbx,dx + Cl ........ (17)
Note that the second term on the right hand side is nothing but a constant multiple
of the given integral.
= e -+ Ab2e u c o s b x --4
b b2
lemcosbxdx + ~3 ......(18)
where c3 = CI - -,ba c2.
Step 4 :Transposing the last term from the right of (18) to left we get
( 1 +&)
b2
learns bx dx = 1 eUsin b i +4
b2
eucos bx + c3
Dividing by
a:)
1 + - we finally get
d2 nR
= o+ Jcos x cix = sin x
0 10
Thus, /X sin x dx = 1.
0
5
X
Example 17 : Evaluate
1
Solution :Step 1 : Let f(x) = x, .g(x) =-
&T'
so that fr(x) = 1 and Jg(x) dx = dx = 2(x+4)ln
., JiTi
b
Sometimes it may happen that both the methods of integration, namely the method
of substitution and the method of integration by parts have to be applied in the
same problem as illustrated here
Therefore, *
l+x
=
~ + C O S ~
= tan2($) (since cos 8 = I -2sinY-) e = 2cos2(A)
2 2
-1
3 JE = tan
Take f(8) = 0'and g(0) = sin 0
Step 3 : Integration by parts gives
/tan-'
1+x
dx = - ;[ -'x ms x-'x + J1-fI + c (because x .= em 8, and
sin20 = 1-cos20).
And now some exercises for you.
r
E8) Integrate the following functions with respect to x.
a) x2ex- b) e 3 ~ m 4x
s c) sin-lx
f) tan-' -'
(1%)
We have given you the basic formulas for integrals involving trigonometric functions
(Table 1). You have also become familiar with the two methods of integration,
namely, integration by parts and integration by the method of substitution. We shall
now obtain the integrals of some more trigonometric functions using these methods
and basic formulas.
1 sin5x - 1 sin7x
n u s , /sin% cos3x dx = -
5 7
- +c
Let us look at another example.
1 1
Therefore,
sin* cos2x dx = sin%J-
cos4x
. sec2x dx
sinm 'X
(since sinmxun x dx = -
+
m+l )
we get
Jsinmx cosnx dx = sinm+lx eosn-'x + "-llsinmx ~ o s " - ~dx x ......... (20)
m+n m+l
,
as the required integral formula. This is called the reduction formula for
1
= - sin5x cos x
6
+ sin3x cos x + -43 J sin2x dx 1 by (23)
.1
= - sin5x cos x +-1 sin3x cos x +
6 24
by (23)
-12
Also, the definite integral Jsinmx cosnx dx can be evaluated using formula (20) in
the form, o
n12 -12
Jcosnx dx = "-1
0
10
COS"-~X dx ......... (25)
m/2 m/2
J
0
m-1
and sinmx dx = - sinma2x dx .
0
......... (26)
Definite integral (24) gives the general formula for all integral values of m and n.
Particular forms of this can be obtained by giving different values to m and n. We
now consider some of these particular cases.
(I) Let m and n be even positive integers. In this case applying formula (24)
repeatedly till the power of cos x becomes zero and afterwards applying formula (26)
repeatedly, we get,
From I and I1 above, the formulas when either of m or n is zero can be written
down easily;
Other particular cases of (24) can be dealt with in the same manner.
Let us now do a few examples using these formulas.
-1' Intqration or I.:len~entaryFunctions
nlZ
Note that only the integrals involving even powers of sine or cosine when integrated
from 0 to 7iI2 are multiplied at the end by a factor of 7~12.
Let us look at another example.
m12
We now end this unit by giving a summary of what we have done in it.
9.5 SUMMARY
In this unit we have covered the following points.
1) Table of standard integrals.
2) Method of integration by substitution.
3) Integration with respect to x, of functions of the form ax+b, xn, {f(x))" fl(x),
7) Evaluation of lsinmx cosnx dx when either m even, n odd or m odd and n even
0
or both even or both odd.
E l ) a) sec x +c
b) -cotx-x+c
c) .--a+ blnx + c
X
d) ax
7 5
7R
+ 2bx5n+
3
+,
b) q ; 1
c) $
(3~-2)' +
E3) a) 12
3/2
b) -1(3-2x) +c
3
1 2x+3
c) e +
c (Hint : Use the substitution 2x+3 = t)
d) - (J-) cosmx +c
e) 1' ( 2J 2
sin-' ( ~ x2)
2 +c
1
b) Put In x = t and, dx = dt, so that
In3
dx = 1
0
cos t dt = sin t
5n
d) 8
(nx sin nx cos nx) + x3
E6) a)
n2
+c b) (31n x-1) . - + c
9
d) lo sin x - x cot x +c
c;lX Integration of Elementary Functiuns
E7) -
a'+ h' ( a sin hx - h cos bx)
= tan-'x- -- - { '+"
" dx (using int.egration by parts
with f(x) = tan-lx, g(x) = x)
x2 tan-'
=- - -x1 + -tan-'x
1 +c
2 2 2
1
= T(x2+1) tan-'x - -x1 +c
2
f) 2x tan-'x - In (1+x2) + c
emc cos(4 - cot-'m) + c, where + = tan-'x.
1
b) I n t a n x f Ttan% +c
C) Here m = 3 and n = -5 in the integral {sin" cosnx dx so that
(m+n) = -2 even negative integer, now
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UNIT 10 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Structure
10.1 Introduction
Objectives
10.2 Preliminaries
10.3 Formation of Differential Equations
10.4 Methods of Solving Differential Equations oL The First Order and First Degree
Separation of Variables
Homogeneous Differential Equations
Exact Differential Equations
Linear Differential Equations
10.5 Summary
10.6 Solutions/Answers
10.1 INTRODUCTION
Analysis has been dominant branch of mathematics for 300 years, and differential
equations 1s the heart of analysis. Differential equation is an important part of
mathematics for understanding the physical sciences. It is the source of most of the
ideas and theories which constitute higher analysis. Many interesting geometrical
and physical problcms are proposed as problems in differential equations, and
solutions of these equations give complete picture of the state of these problems.
Differential equations work as a powerful tool for solvirig many practical problems
of science as well as a wide range of purely mathematical problems. In Units 6
and 7 we defined first and higher order ordinary and partial derivatives of a given
function. In this unit, we make use of these derivatives and first introduce some
basic definitions. Then we discuss the formation of differential equations. We also
discuss various techniques of solving some important types of differential equations
of the first order and first degree. We have discussed the method of separatio~~ of
variables together with methods of solving homogeneous, exact and linear
differential equations. Also, differential equations which are redacible to
homogeneous for or equations reducible to linear form are considered.
Objectives
After studying this unit you should be able to
distinguish between ordinary and partial differential equations and between the
order and the degree of an equation.
fonn a differential equation whose solution is given,
use the method of separation of variables,
identify homogeneous or linear equations and solve the same,
verify whether a given differential equation M (x, y) dx +
N (x, y) dy = 0 is
exact or not, and solve exact equations,
identify an integrating factor in some simple cases which makes the given
equation exact.
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10.2 PRELIMINARIES
In this section we shall define and explain the basic concepts in differential equations
and illustrate them through examples. Recall that given an equation or relation of
the type f (x, y) = 0, involving two variables x and p, where y = y (x), we call x
the independent variable and y the dependent variable (ref. Unit 1 of Block 1). Ally
equation which gives the relation between the independent variable and the
-
derivative of the dependent variable with respect to the independent variable,is a
differential equation. In general we have the following definition.
Definition : A differential equation is an equatiori that involves derivatives of
dependent variable with respect to one or more independent variables.