I'm trying to understand why I'm getting different answers when taking different approaches to integrating
∫√4t−t2dt
First, I tried substituting √t=2sinθ:
∫√t√4−tdt=∫2sinθ⋅√4−4sin2θ⋅8sinθcosθdθ=32∫sin2θcos2θdθ=4∫1−cos4θdθ=4θ−sin4θ+C=4θ−4sinθcos3θ+4sin3θcosθ+C=4arcsin√t2+12(t−2)√4t−t2+C
Second, I tried completing the square and substituting t−2=2sinθ:
∫√4−(t2−4t+4)dt=∫√4−(t−2)2dt=∫√4−4sin2θ⋅2cosθdθ=4∫cos2θdθ=2∫1−cos2θdθ=2θ+sin2θ+C=2θ+2sinθcosθ+C=2arcsin(t−22)+12(t−2)√4t−t2+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(t2−1)=2(arcsin√t2−π4).
Proof: Write θ:=arcsin√t2. Then sin2θ=t4 and cos2θ=1−t4, and using the angle-difference identities,
sin(θ−π4)=1√2(sinθ−cosθ)
while
cos(θ−π4)=1√2(sinθ+cosθ).
Therefore
sin2(θ−π4)=2sin(θ−π4)cos(θ−π4)(1),(2)=sin2θ−cos2θ=t4−(1−t4)=t2−1.
Therefore both sides of (*) have the same sine. Similarly you can show that both sides have the same cosine.
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