Engineering Handbook/Calculus/Integration/irrational functions

Integrals involving edit

Assume  , for  , see next section:

 
 
 
 

Here  , where the positive value of   is to be taken.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Integrals involving edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Integrals involving edit

Assume (ax2 + bx + c) cannot be reduced to the following expression (px + q)2 for some p and q.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Click "show" at right to see a proof or "hide" to hide it.)

First use substitution with   so that  , and the integral becomes

 

Then make another substitution with   so that the integral becomes

 

The integral then has the form   as given above and can be readily evaluated.

One can also perform the substitutions in a single step with the less apparent choice  , giving

 

Integrals involving edit