Primitive of Reciprocal of square of p plus q by Sine of a x/Lemma

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Lemma for Primitive of $\dfrac 1 {\paren {p + q \sin a x}^2}$

Let $u = \tan \dfrac \theta 2$.

Then:

$\dfrac 1 {p + q \sin a x} = \dfrac {u^2 + 1} {p u^2 + 2 q u + p}$


Proof

From Tangent Half-Angle Substitution for Sine:

\(\ds u\) \(=\) \(\ds \tan \dfrac \theta 2\)
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds \sin \theta\) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac {2 u} {u^2 + 1}\)
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds \dfrac 1 {p + q \sin a x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac 1 {p + q \paren {\dfrac {2 u} {u^2 + 1} } }\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac 1 {\frac {p \paren {u^2 + 1} + 2 q u} {u^2 + 1} }\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac {u^2 + 1} {p u^2 + 2 q u + p}\)

$\blacksquare$