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Engineering Handbook/Calculus/Integration/irrational functions

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Integrals involving

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Assume , for , see next section:

Here , where the positive value of is to be taken.

Integrals involving

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Integrals involving

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Assume (ax2 + bx + c) cannot be reduced to the following expression (px + q)2 for some p and q.

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First use substitution with so that , and the integral becomes

Then make another substitution with so that the integral becomes

The integral then has the form as given above and can be readily evaluated.

One can also perform the substitutions in a single step with the less apparent choice , giving


Integrals involving

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