Practicing Success
$\int \frac{1}{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x} d x$ equals |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\tan 2 x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+C$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1+\cos 2 x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+C$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\tan x+\cot x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+C$ $\sqrt{2} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\tan x}+\sqrt{\cot x}}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+C$ |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\tan 2 x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+C$ |
We have, $\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x=\left(\frac{1-\cos 2 x}{2}\right)^2+\left(\frac{1+\cos 2 x}{2}\right)^2=\frac{1}{2}\left(1+\cos ^2 2 x\right)$ ∴ $I=\int \frac{1}{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x} d x$ $\Rightarrow I=2 \int \frac{1}{1+\cos ^2 2 x} d x=2 \int \frac{\sec ^2 2 x}{\sec ^2 2 x+1} d x$ $\Rightarrow I=\int \frac{2 \sec ^2 2 x}{2+\tan ^2 2 x} d x=\int \frac{1}{2+\tan ^2 2 x} d(\tan 2 x)$ $\Rightarrow I=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\tan 2 x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+C$ |