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In this section we’re going to look at an integration
technique that can be useful for some
integrals with roots in them. We’ve
already seen some integrals with roots in them.
Some can be done quickly with a simple Calculus I substitution and some
can be done with trig substitutions.
However, not all integrals with roots will allow us to use one
of these methods. Let’s look at a couple
of examples to see another technique that can be used on occasion to help with
these integrals.
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Example 1 Evaluate
the following integral.
Solution
Sometimes when faced with an integral that contains a root
we can use the following substitution to simplify the integral into a form
that can be easily worked with.
So, instead of letting u
be the stuff under the radical as we often did in Calculus I we let u be the whole radical. Now, there will be a little more work here
since we will also need to know what x
is so we can substitute in for that in the numerator and so we can compute
the differential, dx. This is easy enough to get however. Just solve the substitution for x as follows,
Using this substitution the integral is now,
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So, sometimes, when an integral contains the root the substitution,
can be used to simplify the integral into a form that we can
deal with.
Let’s take a look at another example real quick.
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Example 2 Evaluate
the following integral.
Solution
We’ll do the same thing we did in the previous
example. Here’s the substitution and
the extra work we’ll need to do to get x
in terms of u.
With this substitution the integral is,
This integral can now be done with partial fractions.
Setting numerators equal gives,
Picking value of u
gives the coefficients.
The integral is then,
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So, we’ve seen a nice method to eliminate roots from the
integral and put into a form that we can deal with. Note however, that this won’t always work and
sometimes the new integral will be just as difficult to do.