How do you integrate #(x*arctan(x))/(1+x^2)^2#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-02T00:42:20

#= ( x + (x^2 -1) arctan x )/(4(x^2+1)) + C#

#int (x arctan(x))/(1+x^2)^2 dx#

#= int arctan(x) (x )/(1+x^2)^2 dx#

#= int arctan(x) ( (- 1/2 )/(1+x^2) )^' dx#

#= -1/2 int arctan(x) ( (1)/(1+x^2) )^' dx#

which by IBP

#= -1/2 ( arctan(x) (1)/(1+x^2) - int ( arctan(x) )^' (1)/(1+x^2) dx )#

#= -1/2 ( arctan(x) (1)/(1+x^2) - color(blue)( int 1/(1+x^2)^2 dx) ) qquad square#

for the blue bit we say that #x = tan xi, dx = sec^2 xi \ d xi#

So we have

#int 1/(1+tan^2 xi)^2 sec^2 xi \ d xi = int cos^2 xi \ d xi#

for this we use the double angle formula: #cos 2 gamma = 2 cos^2 gamma - 1# giving us:

#1/2 int cos 2 xi + 1 \ d xi#

#= 1/2 ( 1/2 sin 2 xi + xi ) + C#

#= 1/2 ( sin xi cos xi + xi ) + C qquad triangle#

and if #tan xi = x#, then #sin xi = x/sqrt(x^2 +1)# and #cos xi = 1/sqrt(x^2 +1)#, just draw the right-angled triangle to see.

so #triangle # becomes

#= 1/2 ( x/(x^2 +1) + arctan x ) + C qquad triangle#

So when we pop it back into #square# we get

#= -1/2 ( arctan(x) (1)/(1+x^2) - (1/2 ( x/(x^2 +1) + arctan x ) + C ) #

#= -1/2 arctan(x) (1)/(x^2+1) + 1/4 x/(x^2 +1) + 1/4 arctan x + C#

Tidying up

#=1/4 1/(x^2+1) ( -2 arctan(x) + x + (x^2 +1) arctan x ) + C#

#=1/4 1/(x^2+1) ( x + (x^2 -1) arctan x ) + C#

#= ( x + (x^2 -1) arctan x )/(4(x^2+1)) + C#