Evaluate this integral

Calculus Level 3

0 1 d x arcsin x + arccos x = ? \large \int_0^1 \frac {dx}{\arcsin x + \arccos x} = \ ?

π 2 \frac \pi 2 1 π \pi 2 π \frac 2 \pi

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2 solutions

Srinivasa Gopal
Oct 7, 2017

Let arcsin(x) = y; Sin(y) = x; cos(pi/2 - y) = x; arcos(x) = pi/2 - y; Therefore arcSin(x) + arcCos(x) = pi/2. The expression evaluates to 2 *x /pi between 0 and 1 hence equal to 2/pi. So the answer is 2/pi.

Let { α = arcsin x sin α = x β = arccos x cos β = sin ( π 2 β ) = x \begin{cases} \alpha = \arcsin x & \implies \sin \alpha = x \\ \beta = \arccos x & \implies \cos \beta = \sin \left(\dfrac \pi 2-\beta \right) = x \end{cases}

α = π 2 β α + β = π 2 \implies \alpha = \dfrac \pi 2 - \beta \implies \alpha + \beta = \dfrac \pi 2 .

Therefore, we have:

I = 0 1 d x arcsin x + arccos x = 0 1 1 α + β d x = 0 1 1 π 2 d x = 2 x π 0 1 = 2 π \begin{aligned} I & = \int_0^1 \frac {dx}{\arcsin x + \arccos x} = \int_0^1 \frac 1{\alpha + \beta} \ dx = \int_0^1 \frac 1{\frac \pi 2} \ dx = \frac {2x}\pi \bigg|_0^1 = \boxed{\dfrac 2\pi} \end{aligned}

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