Sunday, March 4, 2012

Indefinite Integrals

And so we finally learn how to "undo" the derivative.  Remember, reversing the power requires two steps:
  1. Raise the power by 1.
  2. Divide the coefficient by the new power.
That's it.  :)
And don't forget your 6 trig integrals:


  • 1.) $ \displaystyle{ \int \cos x \, \ dx } \ = \ \sin x + C $
  • 2.) $ \displaystyle{ \int \sin x \, \ dx } \ = \ - \cos x + C $
  • 3.) $ \displaystyle{ \int \sec^2 x \, \ dx } \ = \ \tan x + C $
  • 4.) $ \displaystyle{ \int \csc^2 x \, \ dx } \ = \ - \cot x + C $
  • 5.) $ \displaystyle{ \int \sec x \tan x \, \ dx } \ = \ \sec x + C $
  • 6.) $ \displaystyle{ \int \csc x \cot x \, \ dx } \ = \ - \csc x + C $

  • 1 comment:

    1. Hey you are absolutely right that we should not forget these 6 trig integrals even these are most basic things on which whole calculus is based.
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