Primitive of Square of Cotangent of a x

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Theorem

$\ds \int \cot^2 a x \rd x = \frac {-\cot a x} a - x + C$


Proof

\(\ds \int \cot^2 x \rd x\) \(=\) \(\ds -\cot x - x\) Primitive of $\cot^2 x$
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds \int \cot a x \rd x\) \(=\) \(\ds \frac 1 a \paren {-\cot a x - a x} + C\) Primitive of Function of Constant Multiple
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \frac {-\cot a x} a - x + C\) simplifying

$\blacksquare$


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