Abusondos July 10, 2011

1
+
x
2
dx the problem

( ) sec
d
d
tan d x = tan

sec sec
2
d d/ dx tan x = sec
2
x

sec
3
d simplify
1
2
sec tan
+
1
2

sec d reduce sec

n
t dt
1
2
sec tan
+
1
2
ln sec
+
tan
+
c
1
sec t dt =
ln |sec t + tan t|
1
2
sec ( ) arctan x tan ( ) arctan x
+
1
2
ln sec ( ) arctan x
+
tan ( ) arctan x
+
c
1
defn of
1
2
1
cos ( ) arctan x
tan ( ) arctan x
+
1
2
ln
1
cos ( ) arctan x
+
tan ( ) arctan x
+
c
1
sec x = 1 / cos x
tan ( ) arctan x
2cos ( ) arctan x
+
1
2
ln
1
cos ( ) arctan x
+
tan ( ) arctan x
+
c
1
simplify
tan ( ) arctan x
2
1
x
2
+
1
+
1
2
ln
1

1
x
2
+
1
+
tan ( ) arctan x
+
c
1
cos(arctan x) =
1/ (x
2
+1)
1
+
x
2
tan ( ) arctan x
2
+
1
2
ln 1
+
x
2
+
tan ( ) arctan x
+
c
1
simplify
1
+
x
2
x
2
+
1
2
ln 1
+
x
2
+
x
+
c
1
tan(arctan x) = x
x 1
+
x
2
2
+
1
2
ln 1
+
x
2
+
x
+
c
1
put factors in order
x 1
+
x
2
2
+
1
2
ln x
+
1
+
x
2
+
c
1
put terms in order