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(2\cdot y)^3\cdot \sin(2\cdot y) \,\dd y=# #{{\cos(2\cdot y)^4}\over{8}} + C#
We apply the substitution method with #g(y)={{y^3}\over{2}}# and #h(y)=\cos(2\cdot y)#, because in that case #g(h(y)) \cdot h'(y)=-\cos(2\cdot y)^3\cdot \sin(2\cdot y)# applies. This goes as follows:
\[\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle \int -\cos(2\cdot y)^3\cdot \sin(2\cdot y) \,\dd y&=& \displaystyle \int {{\cos(2\cdot y)^3}\over{2}} \cdot -2\cdot \sin(2\cdot y) \, \dd y \\&&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 2: rewritten to the form }\int g(h(y)) \cdot h'(y) \, \dd y \text{ with } h'(y)=-2\cdot \sin(2\cdot y)} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int \left({{\cos(2\cdot y)^3}\over{2}} \right) \, \dd(\cos(2\cdot y)) \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 3: rewritten using }h'(y)=\dd (h(y))} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int {{u^3}\over{2}} \, \dd u \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 4: substituted }\cos(2\cdot y)=u} \\ &=& \displaystyle {{u^4}\over{8}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 5: found the antiderivative}} \\ &=& \displaystyle {{\cos(2\cdot y)^4}\over{8}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{stap 6: substituted }u=\cos(2\cdot y)}
\end{array}\]
We apply the substitution method with #g(y)={{y^3}\over{2}}# and #h(y)=\cos(2\cdot y)#, because in that case #g(h(y)) \cdot h'(y)=-\cos(2\cdot y)^3\cdot \sin(2\cdot y)# applies. This goes as follows:
\[\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle \int -\cos(2\cdot y)^3\cdot \sin(2\cdot y) \,\dd y&=& \displaystyle \int {{\cos(2\cdot y)^3}\over{2}} \cdot -2\cdot \sin(2\cdot y) \, \dd y \\&&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 2: rewritten to the form }\int g(h(y)) \cdot h'(y) \, \dd y \text{ with } h'(y)=-2\cdot \sin(2\cdot y)} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int \left({{\cos(2\cdot y)^3}\over{2}} \right) \, \dd(\cos(2\cdot y)) \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 3: rewritten using }h'(y)=\dd (h(y))} \\ &=& \displaystyle \int {{u^3}\over{2}} \, \dd u \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 4: substituted }\cos(2\cdot y)=u} \\ &=& \displaystyle {{u^4}\over{8}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{step 5: found the antiderivative}} \\ &=& \displaystyle {{\cos(2\cdot y)^4}\over{8}} +C \\ &&\phantom{xxx}\blue{\text{stap 6: substituted }u=\cos(2\cdot y)}
\end{array}\]
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