What is the integral of (1/(xsqrt(x^2-4))) ?

The integral of (1/(xsqrt(x^2-4))) is 1/2 arcsec(1/2 x)+C

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integral of (1/(xsqrt(x^2-4)))

\int (\frac{1}{x x ^{2} - 4}) d x

\frac{1}{2} arcsec (\frac{1}{2} x) + C

Solution steps

\int \frac{1}{x x ^{2} - 4} d x

Apply Trigonometric Substitution

: \int \frac{1}{2} d u

= \int \frac{1}{2} d u

Take the constant out:

\int a \cdot f (x) d x = a \cdot \int f (x) d x

= \frac{1}{2} \cdot \int 1 d u

Integral of a constant:

\int a d x = a x

= \frac{1}{2} \cdot 1 \cdot u

Substitute back

u = arcsec (\frac{1}{2} x)

= \frac{1}{2} \cdot 1 \cdot arcsec (\frac{1}{2} x)

Simplify

= \frac{1}{2} arcsec (\frac{1}{2} x)

Add a constant to the solution

= \frac{1}{2} arcsec (\frac{1}{2} x) + C

\int x^{3} + \frac{4}{x ^{2}} d x

\int (\frac{u ^{3} + 2 u ^{2} - u}{3 u}) d u

\int \frac{3 x ^{2}}{( 196 + x ^{2} ) ^{2}} d x

\int a x^{4} + b x^{3} + 3 c d x

\int \frac{x}{x ^{4} - 2 x ^{3} + 2 x ^{2} - 2 x + 1} d x

What is the integral of (1/(xsqrt(x^2-4))) ?
The integral of (1/(xsqrt(x^2-4))) is 1/2 arcsec(1/2 x)+C