Primitive of Reciprocal of 1 plus Cosine of x
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Theorem
- $\ds \int \frac {\d x} {1 + \cos x} = \tan \frac x 2 + C$
Proof
From Primitive of $\dfrac 1 {1 + \cos a x}$:
- $\ds \int \frac {\d x} {1 + \cos a x} = \frac 1 a \tan \frac {a x} 2 + C$
The result follows by setting $a = 1$.
$\blacksquare$
Also see
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix: Table $2$: Integrals
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix: Table $2$: Integrals