Solving a Trigonometric Integral

In summary,The function he is trying to integrate is a cosine, and in order to solve for it, he needs to use integration by parts. Once he has obtained the equation for the cosine, he can use Eddybob's method to simplify the equation.
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Can anyone please help to solve this following integral?
∫(sin(x)-sin^2 (x)/√(sin^2 (x)+c)) dx
c is a constant
 
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pape said:
Can anyone please help to solve this following integral?
∫(sin(x)-sin^2 (x)/√(sin^2 (x)+c)) dx
c is a constant
Integral belongs to calculus...
is this what you want to integrate?
\(\displaystyle \int\frac{\sin(x)-\sin^2(x)}{\sqrt{\sin^2(x)}}+c\)

Regards,
\(\displaystyle |\pi\rangle\)
 
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the function.

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pape said:
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Please check the JPG file for the correct expression of
the function.

Best...
"And what I have found so far is" What is "what you have found"? How did you get this line? What does it mean?

How does the derivative relate to the given problem?

Please be more specific.

-Dan
 
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"And what I have found so far is" What is "what you have found"? How did you get this line? What does it mean?

How does the derivative relate to the given problem?

Please be more specific.

-Dan

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I hope that I have been more specific this time.

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You can start by substituting $u=\sin(x)$ to obtain
$$\int u-\frac{u^2}{\sqrt{u^2+c}}\, du$$
From there you can try integration by parts.
 
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eddybob123 said:
You can start by substituting $u=\sin(x)$ to obtain
$$\int u-\frac{u^2}{\sqrt{u^2+c}}\, du$$
From there you can try integration by parts.
If \(\displaystyle u= \sin(x)\) Then \(\displaystyle du=\cos(x)\,dx\) which is not same as that function he wants to integrate?

Regards,
\(\displaystyle |\pi\rangle\)
 
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eddybob123 said:
You can start by substituting $u=\sin(x)$ to obtain
$$\int u-\frac{u^2}{\sqrt{u^2+c}}\, du$$
From there you can try integration by parts.

Hello,
Integration by part leads to a more complicated expression at the end for the finding of the primitive.
Do you have any other suggestion please?

Regards
 
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pape said:
Hello,
Integration by part leads to a more complicated expression at the end for the finding of the primitive.
Do you have any other suggestion please?

Regards

Unfortunately, that's because the primitive is quite complex...

Incidentally, if you apply Eddybob's method, but set \(\displaystyle c=b^2\,\), so that \(\displaystyle b=\sqrt{c}\,\), you can take the constant outside of the square root... ;)
 

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