Primitive of Logarithm of x/Corollary
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Corollary to Primitive of $\map \ln x$
- $\ds \int \map \ln {1 - x} \rd x = \paren {x - 1} \map \ln {1 - x} - x + C$
Proof
Let $z = \paren {1 - x}$.
\(\ds z\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1 - x\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \d z\) | \(=\) | \(\ds - \rd x\) | |||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \int \map \ln {1 - x} \rd x\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\int \map \ln z \rd z\) | Integration by Substitution: $z = 1 - x$ | ||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds - \paren {z \ln z - z} + C\) | Primitive of Logarithm of x | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds - z \ln z + z + C\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\paren {1 - x} \map \ln {1 - x} + \paren {1 - x} + C\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \paren {x - 1} \map \ln {1 - x} - x + C\) |
$\blacksquare$