ntegration by Parts Lets start off with this section with a couple of integrals that we should already be able

to do to get us started. First lets take a look at the following.

So, that was simple enough. Now, lets take a look at,

To do this integral well use the following substitution.

Again, simple enough to do provided you remember how to do substitutions. By the way make sure that you can do these kinds of substitutions quickly and easily. From this point on we are going to be doing these kinds of substitutions in our head. If you have to stop and write these out with every problem you will find that it will take you significantly longer to do these problems.

Now, lets look at the integral that we really want to do.

If we just had an x by itself or by itself we could do the integral easily enough. But, we dont have them by themselves, they are instead multiplied together.

There is no substitution that we can use on this integral that will allow us to do the integral. So, at this point we dont have the knowledge to do this integral.

To do this integral we will need to use integration by parts so lets derive the integration by parts formula. Well start with the product rule.

Now, integrate both sides of this.

The left side is easy enough to integrate and well split up the right side of the integral.

Note that technically we should have had a constant of integration show up on the left side after doing the integration. We can drop it at this point since other constants of integration will be showing up down the road and they would just end up absorbing this one.

Finally, rewrite the formula as follows and we arrive at the integration by parts formula.

This is not the easiest formula to use however. So, lets do a couple of substitutions.

Both of these are just the standard Calc I substitutions that hopefully you are used to by now. Dont get excited by the fact that we are using two substitutions here. They will work the same way.

Using these substitutions gives us the formula that most people think of as the integration by parts formula.

To use this formula we will need to identify u and dv, compute du and v and then use the formula. Note as well that computing v is very easy. All we need to do is integrate dv.

So, lets take a look at the integral above that we mentioned we wanted to do.

Example 1 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution So, on some level, the problem here is the x that is in front of the exponential. If that wasnt there we could do the integral. Notice as well that in doing integration by parts anything that we choose for u will be differentiated. So, it seems that choosing will be a good

choice since upon differentiating the x will drop out.

Now that weve chosen u we know that dv will be everything else that remains. So, here are the choices for u and dv as well as du and v.

The integral is then,

Once we have done the last integral in the problem we will add in the constant of integration to get our final answer.

Next, lets take a look at integration by parts for definite integrals. The integration by parts formula for definite integrals is,

Integration by Parts, Definite Integrals

Note that the in the first term is just the standard integral evaluation notation that you should be familiar with at this point. All we do is evaluate the term, uv in this case, at b then subtract off the evaluation of the term at a.

At some level we dont really need a formula here because we know that when doing definite integrals all we need to do is do the indefinite integral and then do the evaluation.

Lets take a quick look at a definite integral using integration by parts.

Example 2 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution This is the same integral that we looked at in the first example so well use the same u and dv to get,

Since we need to be able to do the indefinite integral in order to do the definite integral and doing the definite integral amounts to nothing more than evaluating the indefinite integral at a couple of points we will concentrate on doing indefinite integrals in the rest of this section. In fact, throughout most of this chapter this will be the case. We will be doing far more indefinite integrals than definite integrals.

Lets take a look at some more examples.

Example 3 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution There are two ways to proceed with this example. For many, the first thing that they try is multiplying the cosine through the parenthesis, splitting up the integral and then doing integration by parts on the first integral.

While that is a perfectly acceptable way of doing the problem its more work than we really need to do. Instead of splitting the integral up lets instead use the following choices for u and dv.

The integral is then,

Notice that we pulled any constants out of the integral when we used the integration by parts formula. We will usually do this in order to simplify the integral a little.

Example 4 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution For this example well use the following choices for u and dv.

The integral is then,

In this example, unlike the previous examples, the new integral will also require integration by parts. For this second integral we will use the following choices.

So, the integral becomes,

Be careful with the coefficient on the integral for the second application of integration by parts. Since the integral is multiplied by we need to make sure that the results of actually

doing the integral are also multiplied by . Forgetting to do this is one of the more common mistakes with integration by parts problems.

As this last example has shown us, we will sometimes need more than one application of integration by parts to completely evaluate an integral. This is something that will happen so dont get excited about it when it does.

In this next example we need to acknowledge an important point about integration techniques. Some integrals can be done in using several different techniques. That is the case with the integral in the next example.

Example 5 Evaluate the following integral

(a) Using Integration by Parts. [Solution] (b) Using a standard Calculus I substitution. [Solution] Solution (a) Evaluate using Integration by Parts.

First notice that there are no trig functions or exponentials in this integral. While a good many integration by parts integrals will involve trig functions and/or exponentials not all of them will

so dont get too locked into the idea of expecting them to show up.

In this case well use the following choices for u and dv.

The integral is then,

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(b) Evaluate Using a standard Calculus I substitution.

Now lets do the integral with a substitution. We can use the following substitution.

Notice that well actually use the substitution twice, once for the quantity under the square root and once for the x in front of the square root. The integral is then,

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So, we used two different integration techniques in this example and we got two different answers. The obvious question then should be : Did we do something wrong?

Actually, we didnt do anything wrong. We need to remember the following fact from Calculus I.

In other words, if two functions have the same derivative then they will differ by no more than a constant. So, how does this apply to the above problem? First define the following,

Then we can compute

and

by integrating as follows,

Well use integration by parts for the first integral and the substitution for the second integral. Then according to the fact and should differ by no more than a constant. Lets verify this and see if this is the case. We can verify that they differ by no more than a constant if we take a look at the difference of the two and do a little algebraic manipulation and simplification.

So, in this case it turns out the two functions are exactly the same function since the difference is zero. Note that this wont always happen. Sometimes the difference will yield a nonzero constant. For an example of this check out the Constant of Integration section in my Calculus I notes.

So just what have we learned? First, there will, on occasion, be more than one method for evaluating an integral. Secondly, we saw that different methods will often lead to different answers. Last, even though the answers are different it can be shown, sometimes with a lot of work, that they differ by no more than a constant.

When we are faced with an integral the first thing that well need to decide is if there is more than one way to do the integral. If there is more than one way well then need to determine which method we should use. The general rule of thumb that I use in my classes is that you should use the method that you find easiest. This may not be the method that others find easiest, but that doesnt make it the wrong method.

One of the more common mistakes with integration by parts is for people to get too locked into perceived patterns. For instance, all of the previous examples used the basic pattern of taking u to be the polynomial that sat in front of another function and then letting dv be the other function. This will not always happen so we need to be careful and not get locked into any patterns that we think we see.

Lets take a look at some integrals that dont fit into the above pattern.

Example 6 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution So, unlike any of the other integral weve done to this point there is only a single function in the integral and no polynomial sitting in front of the logarithm.

The first choice of many people here is to try and fit this into the pattern from above and make the following choices for u and dv.

This leads to a real problem however since that means v must be,

In other words, we would need to know the answer ahead of time in order to actually do the problem. So, this choice simply wont work. Also notice that with this choice wed get that which also causes problems and is another reason why this choice will not work.

Therefore, if the logarithm doesnt belong in the dv it must belong instead in the u. So, lets use the following choices instead

The integral is then,

Example 7 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution So, if we again try to use the pattern from the first few examples for this integral our choices for u and dv would probably be the following.

However, as with the previous example this wont work since we cant easily compute v.

This is not an easy integral to do. However, notice that if we had an x2 in the integral along with the root we could very easily do the integral with a substitution. Also notice that we do have a lot of xs floating around in the original integral. So instead of putting all the xs (outside of the root) in the u lets split them up as follows.

We can now easily compute v and after using integration by parts we get,

So, in the previous two examples we saw cases that didnt quite fit into any perceived pattern that we might have gotten from the first couple of examples. This is always something that we need to be on the lookout for with integration by parts.

Lets take a look at another example that also illustrates another integration technique that sometimes arises out of integration by parts problems.

Example 8 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution Okay, to this point weve always picked u in such a way that upon differentiating it would make that portion go away or at the very least put it the integral into a form that would make it easier

to deal with. In this case no matter which part we make u it will never go away in the differentiation process.

It doesnt much matter which we choose to be u so well choose in the following way. Note however that we could choose the other way as well and well get the same result in the end.

The integral is then,

So, it looks like well do integration by parts again. Here are our choices this time.

The integral is now,

Now, at this point it looks like were just running in circles. However, notice that we now have the same integral on both sides and on the right side its got a minus sign in front of it. This means that we can add the integral to both sides to get,

All we need to do now is divide by 2 and were done. The integral is,

Notice that after dividing by the two we add in the constant of integration at that point.

This idea of integrating until you get the same integral on both sides of the equal sign and then simply solving for the integral is kind of nice to remember. It doesnt show up all that often, but when it does it may be the only way to actually do the integral.

Weve got one more example to do. As we will see some problems could require us to do integration by parts numerous times and there is a short hand method that will allow us to do multiple applications of integration by parts quickly and easily.

Example 9 Evaluate the following integral.

Solution We start off by choosing u and dv as we always would. However, instead of computing du and v we put these into the following table. We then differentiate down the column corresponding to u until we hit zero. In the column corresponding to dv we integrate once for each entry in the first column. There is also a third column which we will explain in a bit and it always starts with a + and then alternates signs as shown.

Now, multiply along the diagonals shown in the table. In front of each product put the sign in the third column that corresponds to the u term for that product. In this case this would give,

Weve got the integral. This is much easier than writing down all the various us and dvs that wed have to do otherwise.

So, in this section weve seen how to do integration by parts. In your later math classes this is liable to be one of the more frequent integration techniques that youll encounter.

It is important to not get too locked into patterns that you may think youve seen. In most cases any pattern that you think youve seen can (and will be) violated at some point in time. Be careful!

Also, dont forget the shorthand method for multiple applications of integration by parts problems. It can save you a fair amount of work on occasion. Integration Techniques Calculus II - Notes Integrals Involving Trig Functions

What is Integration by Parts?

Using knowledge of integration, we know how to integrate simpler functions as well as some trig functions such as sin, cos and tan. However, when we dive deeper into integration, sometimes it is not obvious how to begin the integral or even what method to use. We have numerous methods of integration in mathematics. One such method is called integration by parts that deals with the following formula:

where the original integral on the left contains u and dv. You need to then unwind those and get the v and du for the right side of the equation and evaluate the integral on the right side. There may be an instance that the integral on the right needs to be done with the same method. We will see an example of that a bit later on. So here is a simple example showing the method of integration by parts.

Example 1

So using the method of integration by parts, we can say that:

And therefore:

Piecing it all together, we get the following:

Now we need to evaluate the integral on the right side and we know that it is just ex. The final steps produces and answer of:

The LIPET Rule

There is a good rule of thumb for this integration method. It states that if any of the forms that appear in the LIPET mnemonic appear FIRST, that will be the u value for the equation. So what does LIPET stand for?
L I P E T = = = = = ln Inverse Trig Polynomial Exponential Trig function

Always scan the integral first to try and determine the u value. So here is an example involving an ln.

Example 2

So, making use of the LIPET rule, we can say that the u value is the ln while the dv is the remaining piece.

We proceed to get the following below:

After simplifying the integral on the right, we get the following:

Now evaluate the integral on the right and get a final answer of:

Example 3

Here are the following values:

And now proceed to fill in the above values to get:

Now proceed to find the second integral:

And the above becomes F(x). Recall that now have limits in the integral so proceed to find it:

We can leave the final answer in terms of the above. If you proceed to use a calculator and get an exact value, you would get 0.34657.

Repetition of Integration by Parts

These next two examples involve the integral on the right requiring integration by parts again. These may eventually lead to the original integral appearing on the right side or a simpler integral to do. Mostly, these will evaluate to the same integral you are looking to solve.

Example 4

Here, the E appears first in the mnemonic so we let u be the exponential function and dv be the trig function.

We can see that we can arrange the integral on the right side and rewrite it to make it look like the original integral:

And now, the integral on the right is not any simpler to do so it requires another integration by parts with the following values:

We get the following large expression when combining the integrals:

And notice that the integral on the right is exactly the same as the integral on the left that we started with. To solve this, we do some algebra and move the integral on the right to the left to get the expression. We can call the original integral I:

And since we have twice the integral on the left, simply divide both sides by 2 to get the final answer to the original integral:

Example 5

Here, the L appears first in the mnemonic so we let u be the ln and dv be the remaining dx. However, we cannot say u is just ln because we would not be able to compute the problem correctly because you would have a dangling exponent.

After substituting into the above, we get:

Simplify the integral & pull out the constant:

Notice we need by parts again.

After substituting, we get:

Simplify the integral on the right:

Piece it together to get a final answer of:

Example 6

Here, the I appears first in the mnemonic so we let u be the tan-1x and dv be the remaining dx.

The above looks like an ln but with some modification. To make it an ln, you need to place a 2 in the integral and multiply by its reciprocal (1/2). For the purpose of the integral, let t = 1 + x2 and dt = 2xdx so it is of the form dt/t and thus an ln.

Substitute for t and get a final answer of: