Friday, 18 December 2015

calculus - Use Integration by parts to prove the following reduction formula...



Use integration by parts to prove the reduction formula sinn(x) dx=sinn1(x)cos(x)n+n1nsinn2(x) dx



So I'm definitely on the right track because I'm very close to this result, and I also found an example of this exact question in one of my textbooks.




I made f(x)=sinn1(x) and g'(x)=sin(x). And with that I got to the point of having



sinn(x) dx=sinn1(x)cos(x)+(n1)cos2(x)sinn2(x) dx



(sorry I haven't shown how I got to this stage, It's taking me way too long to write out these formulas, but the textbook done the same thing)



Then the textbook then uses the identity cos2(x)=1sin2(x).



Which would give:




sinn(x) dx=sinn1(x)cos(x)+(n1)(1sin2(x))sinn2(x) dx



And then I would have thought expanding that last integral would give



sinn(x) dx=sinn1(x)cos(x)+(n1)sinn2(x)sinn(x))dx



However the textbook says you should get



sinn(x) dx=sinn1(x)cos(x)+(n1)sinn2(x)(n1)sinn(x))dx




Lots of information but essentially my question is just this, where did that extra (n-1) come from? I can't figure it out and its preventing me from finishing the question.



Thanks in advance :)


Answer



the n1 term is multiplying everything against the integral on the right hand side; namely the term
(n1)((1sin2(x))sinn2(x)dx)
As such once multiplied out; the n1 term appears agains the sinn(x)dx term too.



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