Thursday, 30 November 2017

calculus - Multiple answers to intsqrt4tt2,textrmdt



I'm trying to understand why I'm getting different answers when taking different approaches to integrating




4tt2dt



First, I tried substituting t=2sinθ:



t4tdt=2sinθ44sin2θ8sinθcosθdθ=32sin2θcos2θdθ=41cos4θdθ=4θsin4θ+C=4θ4sinθcos3θ+4sin3θcosθ+C=4arcsint2+12(t2)4tt2+C



Second, I tried completing the square and substituting t2=2sinθ:




4(t24t+4)dt=4(t2)2dt=44sin2θ2cosθdθ=4cos2θdθ=21cos2θdθ=2θ+sin2θ+C=2θ+2sinθcosθ+C=2arcsin(t22)+12(t2)4tt2+C



The second answer is the same as in the book but I don't understand why the first approach gives the wrong answer.


Answer



The answers differ by a constant. In fact,



arcsin(t21)=2(arcsint2π4).




Proof: Write θ:=arcsint2. Then sin2θ=t4 and cos2θ=1t4, and using the angle-difference identities,
sin(θπ4)=12(sinθcosθ)


while
cos(θπ4)=12(sinθ+cosθ).

Therefore
sin2(θπ4)=2sin(θπ4)cos(θπ4)(1),(2)=sin2θcos2θ=t4(1t4)=t21.


Therefore both sides of (*) have the same sine. Similarly you can show that both sides have the same cosine.


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