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Calculus Level 4

0 1 x 3 2 ( 2 x 2 ) ( 1 + x 2 ) + 3 ( 2 x 2 ) ( 1 + x 2 ) d x = a b b c \displaystyle\int_0^1 \frac{x^3}{2(2-x^2)(1+x^2) + 3\sqrt{(2-x^2)(1+x^2)}}\,\mathrm dx=\dfrac{a-b\sqrt{b}}{c}

The equation above holds true for positive integers a a , b b and c c with b b being square-free.


The answer is 11.

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1 solution

We can change the variable to x 2 \displaystyle x^{2} , then the integral we want is a half of

0 1 u 2 ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) + 3 ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) d u \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{u}{2(2-u)(1+u)+3\sqrt{(2-u)(1+u)}} du

Change u to 1-u, we get that the same integral is equal to

0 1 1 u 2 ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) + 3 ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) d u \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{1-u}{2(2-u)(1+u)+3\sqrt{(2-u)(1+u)}} du

So, the answer is a fourth of

0 1 1 2 ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) + 3 ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) d u \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{1}{2(2-u)(1+u)+3\sqrt{(2-u)(1+u)}} du

We let u = 1 2 + 3 2 sin ( θ ) \displaystyle u=\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{3}{2}\sin(\theta) . Note that this substitution comes from completing the square ( 2 u ) ( 1 + u ) \displaystyle (2-u)(1+u)

sec 2 ( θ / 2 ) 6 d θ = tan ( θ / 2 ) 3 \displaystyle \int \dfrac{\sec^{2}(\theta/2)}{6} d\theta = \dfrac{\tan(\theta/2)}{3}

The limit of integration is θ = arcsin ( 1 / 3 ) \displaystyle \theta = -\arcsin(1/3) to arcsin ( 1 / 3 ) \displaystyle \arcsin(1/3)

By solving 1 2 2 = 2 x 1 x 2 \displaystyle \dfrac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}=\dfrac{2x}{1-x^{2}} , we get

1 4 2 3 ( 3 2 2 ) = 3 2 2 6 \displaystyle \dfrac{1}{4}\cdot \dfrac{2}{3} \cdot (3-2\sqrt{2})=\dfrac{3-2\sqrt{2}}{6}

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