Questions tagged [trigonometric-integrals]

Relating to integrations consisting of only(mainly) trigonometric functions and/or requiring substitutions by/of trigonometric functions.

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why the ending symbol dx is also changed into a function of d theta and then multiplied by the integral after substitution?

This is a question about trig substitution used in integrals. Because it is difficult to solve an integral when there is radical in it, we use a trig function of theta to substitute x from the original integral. The only thing I don't understand is…
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How to prove $\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\cos(m(x-y))\cos(n(x-y))dx=\pi\delta_{mn}(2-H_1(m))$

I have encountered such a integral formula that I cannot prove. $$\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\cos(m(x-y))\cos(n(x-y))dx=\pi\delta_{mn}(2-H_1(m))$$ where $H_1(m)=\begin{cases} 0 & \text{if } m=0\\ 1 & \text{if } m\geq1 \end{cases}$ If being converted to the…
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Intution for integral of sine function

Taking the above plot I'm looking for some intuition how to think about the integral of $sin(x)$, which is $-cos(x)$ (plus some constant that's assumed to be zero for the sake of readbility). The derivative of $sin(x)$ is easily interpreted…
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Trigonometric Substiution

I am currently working on a practice problem on trig substitution. I have no problem solving it my way but I don’t see how i can use the below stated identity and partial integration. (I am sorry i am not using mathjax, im looking into it but it is…
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Where did I go wrong with this Integral?

My integral is $$\int \frac{dx}{x \sqrt{3-x^2}}$$ so I used trig substitution, let $x$ = $\sqrt{3}\cos{\theta}$ let $dx$ = $-\sqrt{3}\sin{\theta}\ d\theta$ $$\int \frac{-\sqrt{3}\sin{\theta}\…
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How do I solve $\int \frac{\sqrt {x^2+16}}{x^4}dx$ using trig substitution?

I have a problem requiring trigonometric substitution to evaluate $\int \frac{\sqrt {x^2+16}}{x^4}dx$. This is how far I have gotten: Let $ x = 4\tan \theta $ Then $dx = 4\sec^2\theta$ $$\int \frac{\sqrt…
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How do I solve this trigonometric substitution integral?

I know for a fact that it's a trig substitution where u=tanØ (let's pretend Ø is theta) and u=x and a=1. For some reason, I keep going in circles. This is the integral that I need to solve
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how do i rewrite as a algebraic expression

please rewrite this trigonometric expression $\cos(\tan^{-1}(u)+\sin^{-1}(v))$ as an algebraic expression? I tried the sum differences method and could get no further
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