Friday, August 16, 2013

How to find out the indefinite integral of the cube of sinx?

`int` (sinx)^3dx = `int` [(sinx)^2*sin
x]dx


According to Pythagorean identity, we'll
get:


(sinx)^2  = 1 -
(cosx)^2


`int` [(sinx)^2*sin x]dx = `int` [(1 -
(cosx)^2)*sin x]dx


We'll remove the
brackets:


`int` [(1 - (cosx)^2)*sin x]dx  = `int` sin xdx -
`int` (cosx)^2*sin xdx


We'll evaluate `int` (cosx)^2*sin
xdx using substitution:


cos x =
t


We'll differentiate both
sides:


-sin x dx = dt


We'll
re-write the integral, changing the variable:


`int`
(cosx)^2*sin xdx = -`int` t^2dt


-`int` t^2dt = -t^3/3 +
C


`int` (cosx)^2*sin xdx = -(cos x)^3/3 +
C


`int` (sinx)^3dx = `int` sin xdx - `int` (cosx)^2*sin
xdx


`int` (sinx)^3dx = -cos x + (cos x)^3/3 +
C

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