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| | ===Integration by Parts=== | | ===Integration by Parts=== |
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| | '''Integration by parts''' is a special [[Techniques of integration|technique]] to facilitate the integration of the product of two functions that otherwise lack an obvious integral. This technique can be proven with the [[product rule]]. | | '''Integration by parts''' is a special [[Techniques of integration|technique]] to facilitate the integration of the product of two functions that otherwise lack an obvious integral. This technique can be proven with the [[product rule]]. |
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| | Note that it may be necessary to repeat the '''integration by parts''' several times, one for each power of ''x''. | | Note that it may be necessary to repeat the '''integration by parts''' several times, one for each power of ''x''. |
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| − | ====Rapid Repeated Integration====
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| − | Rapid Repeated Integration is a shortcut method for reduction problems that require Integration by Parts. It is especially useful when one function's derivative reduces to zero.
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| − | :<big><math>\int x^4 sin(x)\,dx</math></big>
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| − | We start off by making a table of <math>x^4</math> and <math>sin(x)</math>. On the first column, the derivatives of <math>x^4</math> are taken until they reach zero. In the second column, sin(x) is integrated once down each row:
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| − | ! <math>f(x)</math>
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| − | ! <math>g(x)</math>
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| − | | <math>x^4</math>
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| − | | <math>sin(x)</math>
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| − | | <math>4x^3</math>
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| − | | <math>-cos(x)</math>
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| − | | <math>12x^2</math>
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| − | | <math>-sin(x)</math>
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| − | | <math>24x</math>
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| − | | <math>cos(x)</math>
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| − | | <math>24</math>
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| − | | <math>sin(x)</math>
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| − | | <math>0</math>
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| − | | <math>-cos(x)</math>
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| − | Terms are multiplied diagonally from the left to the right and we add the product to the product of the next product, alternating signs with each step.
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| − | The first term, for example, is:
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| − | <math>(x^4)(-cos(x)) = -x^4cos(x)</math>
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| − | So then the integral becomes:
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| − | :<big><math>\int x^4 sin(x)\,dx</math></big> = <big><math>\ -x^4cos(x)-(-4x^3sin(x))+(12x^4cos(x))-(-24xsin(x))+(24cos(x))</math></big>=<big><math>\ -x^4cos(x)+4x^3sin(x)+12x^2cos(x)+24xsin(x)-24cos(x)+c</math></big>
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| | ===Partial Fractions=== | | ===Partial Fractions=== |