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Appendix A A Short Table of Integrals

  1. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{a^2 + u^2} = \frac{1}{a} \arctan \left( \frac{u}{a} \right) + C\)

  2. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{\sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2}} = \ln |u + \sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2}| + C\)

  3. \(\displaystyle \int \sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2} \, du = \frac{u}{2}\sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2} \pm \frac{a^2}{2}\ln|u + \sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2}| + C\)

  4. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{u^2 du}{\sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2}} = \frac{u}{2}\sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2} \mp \frac{a^2}{2}\ln|u + \sqrt{u^2 \pm a^2}| + C\)

  5. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{u\sqrt{u^2+a^2}} = -\frac{1}{a} \ln \left| \frac{a+\sqrt{u^2 + a^2}}{u} \right| + C\)

  6. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{u\sqrt{u^2-a^2}} = \frac{1}{a} \arcsec \left( \frac{u}{a} \right) + C\)

  7. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{\sqrt{a^2 - u^2}} = \arcsin \left( \frac{u}{a} \right) + C\)

  8. \(\displaystyle \int \sqrt{a^2 - u^2} \, du = \frac{u}{2}\sqrt{a^2 - u^2} + \frac{a^2}{2} \arcsin \left( \frac{u}{a} \right) + C\)

  9. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{u^2}{\sqrt{a^2 - u^2}} \, du = -\frac{u}{2}\sqrt{a^2 - u^2} + \frac{a^2}{2} \arcsin \left( \frac{u}{a} \right) + C\)

  10. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{u\sqrt{a^2 - u^2}} = -\frac{1}{a} \ln \left| \frac{a + \sqrt{a^2 - u^2}}{u} \right| + C\)

  11. \(\displaystyle \int \frac{du}{u^2\sqrt{a^2 - u^2}} = -\frac{\sqrt{a^2-u^2}}{a^2 u} + C\)

  12. \(\displaystyle \int \sin^n{u}\,du = -\frac{\sin^{n-1}{u}\,\cos{u}}{n}+\frac{n-1}{n}\int \sin^{n-2}{u}\,du\)

  13. \(\displaystyle \int \cos^n{u}\,du = \frac{\cos^{n-1}{u}\,\sin{u}}{n}+\frac{n-1}{n}\int \cos^{n-2}{u}\,du\)