1/23/2009

  • Integration by Partial Fractions, continued
    • What if there’s a repeated irreducible factor in q(x)?
    • What if there’s an irreducible quadratic in q(x)?
    • What if there’s an irreducible cubic (or higher) in q(x)?
    • Challenge Problem: #6 on Partial Fractions Worksheet

 

  • Trigonometric Antiderivatives: Section 8.3
    • Powers of Trig Functions

§       Useful trig identities

§       Example: #7 on IBP worksheet:

    • Trig substitutions

§       Special kind of substitution

§       How do you choose what to substitute?

If the integrand involves…

…substitute

    • Examples

 

Practice Problems: Section 8.2: #20; Section 8.3: #11, 15, 24, 26, 44; Section 8.4: #11, 13, 15, 24

Reading Assignment: Please re-read Section 8.3 for class on Monday.

Note: Homework #2 (Section 8.3) has been slightly altered!