integration tutorial: analysis
Consider the integral
0p/3 y cos(3
y)
dy
This is a definite integral,
so we need to find
the area under the integrand f(y),
which we do by using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: we find an
antiderivative, evaluate it at the endpoints of the integral, and
take the difference of the values.
To find an antiderivative of
f(
y), we go through
our list of integration methods:
- Recognize elementary antiderivatives
- Rewrite the integrand to make it easier
- Use substitution to reverse the chain rule or simplify the
integrand
- Use integration by parts
- Use inspection to see the value of a definite
integral
to find one that works for this integrand. In this case,
only one method is appropriate. We use integration by parts to rewrite the product of
u =
y and
v' = cos(3
y) in the integrand using the integration by parts formula.
This is shown below.
Integration by parts:
Let
u =
y and
v' = cos(3
y).
Then
u' = 1 and
v = (1/3) sin(3
y),
so, remembering the integration by parts formula
u v'
dy =
u v -
u'
v dy,
we have
y cos(3
y)
dy
=
(
y) ((1/3) sin(3
y)) -

(1) ((1/3) sin(3
y))
dy
=
(1/3)
y sin(3
y) + (1/9) cos(3
y) +
C.
To evaluate the definite integral, we take this antiderivative,
evaluate it at the endpoints of the integral (0 and pi/3),
and take the difference of the values. This gives
[ (1/3) (pi/3) sin(3(pi/3)) + (1/9) cos(3(pi/3)) ] - [ (1/3) (0) sin(3(0)) + (1/9) cos(3(0)) ] = -(2/9).
integration analysis
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