Integration: Integration techniques
Trigonometric integrals
Using the substitution method, we can also solve trigonometric integrals. We often use the following trigonometric rules of calculation here.
\[\sin^2(x) + \cos^2(x) = 1 \]
\[\cos^2(x) = \frac{\cos(2x)+1}{2}\]
\[\sin^2(x) = \frac{1-\cos(2x)}{2}\]
#\int \cos(4\cdot t)^7\cdot \sin(4\cdot t) \,\dd t=# #-{{\cos(4\cdot t)^8}\over{32}} + C#
We apply the substitution method with #g(t)=-{{t^7}\over{4}}# and #h(t)=\cos(4\cdot t)#, because in that case #g(h(t)) \cdot h'(t)=\cos(4\cdot t)^7\cdot \sin(4\cdot t)# applies. This goes as follows:
\[\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle \int \cos(4\cdot t)^7\cdot \sin(4\cdot t) \,\dd t&=& \displaystyle \int -{{\cos(4\cdot t)^7}\over{4}} \cdot -4\cdot \sin(4\cdot t) \, \dd t \\&&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 2: rewritten to the form }\int g(h(t)) \cdot h'(t) \, \dd t \text{ with } h'(t)=-4\cdot \sin(4\cdot t)} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int \left(-{{\cos(4\cdot t)^7}\over{4}} \right) \, \dd(\cos(4\cdot t)) \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 3: rewritten using }h'(t)=\dd (h(t))} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int -{{u^7}\over{4}} \, \dd u \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 4: substituted }\cos(4\cdot t)=u} \\ &=& \displaystyle -{{u^8}\over{32}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 5: found the antiderivative}} \\ &=& \displaystyle -{{\cos(4\cdot t)^8}\over{32}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{stap 6: substituted }u=\cos(4\cdot t)}
\end{array}\]
We apply the substitution method with #g(t)=-{{t^7}\over{4}}# and #h(t)=\cos(4\cdot t)#, because in that case #g(h(t)) \cdot h'(t)=\cos(4\cdot t)^7\cdot \sin(4\cdot t)# applies. This goes as follows:
\[\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle \int \cos(4\cdot t)^7\cdot \sin(4\cdot t) \,\dd t&=& \displaystyle \int -{{\cos(4\cdot t)^7}\over{4}} \cdot -4\cdot \sin(4\cdot t) \, \dd t \\&&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 2: rewritten to the form }\int g(h(t)) \cdot h'(t) \, \dd t \text{ with } h'(t)=-4\cdot \sin(4\cdot t)} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int \left(-{{\cos(4\cdot t)^7}\over{4}} \right) \, \dd(\cos(4\cdot t)) \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 3: rewritten using }h'(t)=\dd (h(t))} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int -{{u^7}\over{4}} \, \dd u \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 4: substituted }\cos(4\cdot t)=u} \\ &=& \displaystyle -{{u^8}\over{32}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 5: found the antiderivative}} \\ &=& \displaystyle -{{\cos(4\cdot t)^8}\over{32}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{stap 6: substituted }u=\cos(4\cdot t)}
\end{array}\]
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