\(\frac {1}{sin \ x\ cos^3 x}\)
= \(\frac {sin^2x+cos^2x}{sin \ x\ cos^3 x}\)
= \(\frac {sin\ x}{cos^3 x}\) + \(\frac {1}{sin \ x .\cos \ x}\)
= tan x sec2x + \(\frac {1/cos^2 x}{sin x .cos x/cos^2 x}\)
= tan x sec2x + \(\frac {sec^2 x}{tan \ x}\)
∴ \(\int\frac {1}{sin \ x\ cos^3 x}dx\) = \(∫tan \ x .sec^2 x \ dx\)+ \(∫\frac {sec^2 x}{tan \ x} dx\)
Let tan x = t ⇒ sec2x dx = dt
⇒ \(\int\frac {1}{sin \ x\ cos^3 x}dx\) = \(∫tdt\) + \(∫\frac 1t dt\)
= \(\frac {t^2}{2 }\)+ \( log|t| +C\)
=\(\frac 12 tan^2 x +log|tan x|+C\)
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Given below is the list of the different methods of integration that are useful in simplifying integration problems:
If f(x) and g(x) are two functions and their product is to be integrated, then the formula to integrate f(x).g(x) using by parts method is:
∫f(x).g(x) dx = f(x) ∫g(x) dx − ∫(f′(x) [ ∫g(x) dx)]dx + C
Here f(x) is the first function and g(x) is the second function.
The formula to integrate rational functions of the form f(x)/g(x) is:
∫[f(x)/g(x)]dx = ∫[p(x)/q(x)]dx + ∫[r(x)/s(x)]dx
where
f(x)/g(x) = p(x)/q(x) + r(x)/s(x) and
g(x) = q(x).s(x)
Hence the formula for integration using the substitution method becomes:
∫g(f(x)) dx = ∫g(u)/h(u) du
This method of integration is used when the integration is of the form ∫g'(f(x)) f'(x) dx. In this case, the integral is given by,
∫g'(f(x)) f'(x) dx = g(f(x)) + C