∫\(\frac{x^2+1}{x^4+1}\)dx=
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
$I=∫\frac{x^2+1}{x^4+1}dx$
$I=∫\frac{x^2(1+\frac{1}{x^2})}{x^2(x^2+\frac{1}{x^2})}dx$
$\Rightarrow I=∫\frac{(1+\frac{1}{x^2})}{(x-\frac{1}{x})^2+2x×\frac{1}{x}}⇒∫\frac{(1+\frac{1}{x^2})}{(x-\frac{1}{x})^2+2}dx$
Let $t=x-\frac{1}{x}⇒dt=(1+\frac{1}{x^2})dx$ ...(i)
$I=∫\frac{dt}{t^2+2}⇒∫\frac{dt}{t^2+(\sqrt{2})^2}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}tan^{-1}(\frac{t}{\sqrt{2}})+C$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}tan^{-1}(\frac{(x-\frac{1}{x})}{\sqrt{2}})+C .....$ where $t = x-\frac{1}{x}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}tan^{-1}(\frac{(x^2-1)}{\sqrt{2}x})+C$