Primitive of Arctangent of x over a over x squared

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Theorem

$\ds \int \frac 1 {x^2} \arctan \frac x a \rd x = -\frac 1 x \arctan \frac x a - \frac 1 {2 a} \map \ln {\frac {x^2 + a^2} {x^2} } + C$


Proof

With a view to expressing the primitive in the form:

$\ds \int u \frac {\d v} {\d x} \rd x = u v - \int v \frac {\d u} {\d x} \rd x$

let:

\(\ds u\) \(=\) \(\ds \arctan \frac x a\)
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds \frac {\d u} {\d x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \frac a {x^2 + a^2}\) Derivative of $\arctan \dfrac x a$


and let:

\(\ds \frac {\d v} {\d x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \frac 1 {x^2}\)
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds v\) \(=\) \(\ds \frac {-1} x\) Primitive of Power


Then:

\(\ds \int \frac 1 {x^2} \arctan \frac x a \rd x\) \(=\) \(\ds \arctan \frac x a \paren {\frac {-1} x} - \int \paren {\frac {-1} x} \paren {\frac a {x^2 + a^2} } \rd x + C\) Integration by Parts
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds -\frac 1 x \arctan \frac x a + a \int \frac {\d x} {x \paren {x^2 + a^2} } \rd x + C\) simplifying
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds -\frac 1 x \arctan \frac x a + \frac 1 a \paren {\frac 1 {2 a^2} \map \ln {\frac {x^2} {x^2 + a^2} } } + C\) Primitive of $\dfrac 1 {x \paren {x^2 + a^2} }$
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds -\frac 1 x \arctan \frac x a - \frac 1 {2 a} \map \ln {\frac {x^2 + a^2} {x^2} } + C\) Logarithm of Reciprocal

$\blacksquare$


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