Integral formulas and rules reference
Integral Techniques
u Substitution
When you do a u sub you have to either change the limits of integration to be consistent with the transformation or before you calculate the numbers with the limits convert all the "u's" back to g(x)
Integration by Parts
Use
to calculate u and v
- L = Logarithms
- I = Inverse trigonometry
- P = Polynomial
- E = Exponential
- T = TrigonometryWhile not always guaranteed to work its a decent rule of thumb and a good starting place
You will ocasionally have to do multiple IBP's to solve an integral, as well as canceling parts when it goes into recursion. To speed this process you can use the tabular methodBy adding the multiplied diagonals and alternating signs, this is equivalent to doing an integration by parts, and can speed up the process by quite a bit
Trigonometric Substitution
Form Looks Like Substitution
Trigonometric Integrals
if Strategy odd and positive, real Split off , rewrite the resulting even power of in terms of , use odd and positive, real Split off , rewrite the resulting even power of in terms of , use and both even, nonnegative integers Use half-angle formulas to transform the integrand into a polynomial in and apply the preceding strategies once again to powers of greater than 1.
if Strategy odd and positive, real Split off , rewrite the remaining even power of in terms of , use even and positive, real Split off , rewrite the remaining even power of in terms of , use and both even, nonnegative integers Rewrite the even power of in terms of to produce a polynomial in ; apply the 4th reduction formula below to each term Reduction formulas
(note: can only be used if function is by itself)
Partial Fractions
Factor in denominator Term in partial fraction decomposition