Primitive of Power of Sine of a x by Power of Cosine of a x/Reduction of Power of Sine
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Theorem
- $\ds \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x = \frac {-\sin^{m - 1} a x \cos^{n + 1} a x} {a \paren {m + n} } + \frac {m - 1} {m + n} \int \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos^n a x \rd x + C$
for $n \ne -m$.
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:
\(\ds u\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sin^{m - 1} a x\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \frac {\d u} {\d x}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds a \paren {m - 1} \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos a x\) | Derivative of $\sin a x$, Derivative of Power, Chain Rule for Derivatives |
and let:
\(\ds \frac {\d v} {\d x}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sin a x \cos^n a x\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds v\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {-\cos^{n + 1} a x} {\paren {n + 1} a}\) | Primitive of $\cos^n a x \sin a x$ |
Then:
\(\ds \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \int \paren {\sin^{m - 1} a x} \paren {\sin a x \cos^n a x} \rd v\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \paren {\sin^{m - 1} a x} \paren {\frac {-\cos^{n + 1} a x} {\paren {n + 1} a} }\) | Integration by Parts | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds - \, \) | \(\ds \int \paren {\frac {-\cos^{n + 1} a x} {\paren {n + 1} a} } \paren {a \paren {m - 1} \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos a x} \rd x + C\) | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {-\sin^{m - 1} a x \cos^{n + 1} a x} {a \paren {n + 1} } + \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos^{n + 2} a x \rd x + C\) | simplifying | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {-\sin^{m - 1} a x \cos^{n + 1} a x} {a \paren {n + 1} }\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos^n a x \paren {1 - \sin^2 a x} \rd x + C\) | Sum of Squares of Sine and Cosine | ||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {-\sin^{m - 1} a x \cos^{n + 1} a x} {a \paren {n + 1} } + \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos^n a x \rd x\) | Linear Combination of Primitives | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds - \, \) | \(\ds \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x + C\) |
Hence after rearranging:
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds \frac {-\sin^{m - 1} a x \cos^{n + 1} a x} {a \paren {n + 1} } + \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos^n a x \rd x\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x + \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x + C\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {n + 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x + \frac {m - 1} {n + 1} \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x + C\) | common denominator | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {m + n} {n + 1} \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x + C\) | simplifying | |||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \int \sin^m a x \cos^n a x \rd x\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {-\sin^{m - 1} a x \cos^{n + 1} a x} {a \paren {m + n} } + \frac {m - 1} {m + n} \int \sin^{m - 2} a x \cos^n a x \rd x + C\) | simplifying |
$\blacksquare$
Also see
- Primitive of $\tan^n a x$ for $n = -m$.
- Primitive of $\cot^n a x$ for $m = -n$.
Sources
- 1968: Murray R. Spiegel: Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 14$: Integrals involving $\sin a x$ and $\cos a x$: $14.425$
- 1968: George B. Thomas, Jr.: Calculus and Analytic Geometry (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Front endpapers: A Brief Table of Integrals: $68$.