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Find indefinite integrals using the substitution

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\int \sqrt{x^{2}+1} d x

Trig Substitution: Let's do a trig substitution because that $\sqrt{x^2 + 1}$ looks like the hypotenuse of a right triangle if $x$ was one of the other sides. So, we set $x = \tan(\theta)$ , which means $dx = \sec^2(\theta) d\theta$ .
Integral Simplification: Now we substitute $x$ with $\tan(\theta)$ in the integral. The integral becomes $\int(\sqrt{\tan^2(\theta) + 1} \cdot \sec^2(\theta), d\theta)$ .
Integration by Parts: We know that $\sqrt{\tan^2(\theta) + 1}$ is just $\sec(\theta)$ , so the integral simplifies to $\int(\sec^3(\theta), d\theta)$ .
Simplifying Integral: This integral is a bit tricky, but we can use integration by parts. Let's set $u = \sec(\theta)$ and $dv = \sec^2(\theta) d\theta$ . Then $du = \sec(\theta)\tan(\theta) d\theta$ and $v = \tan(\theta)$ .
Splitting Integral: Using integration by parts, we get $\sec(\theta)\tan(\theta) - \int(\tan^2(\theta)\sec(\theta), d\theta)$ .
Integral of $\sec(\theta)$ : We can simplify the integral further by using the identity $\tan^2(\theta) = \sec^2(\theta) - 1$ . So the integral becomes $\int(\sec^3(\theta) - \sec(\theta), \mathrm{d}\theta)$ .
Solution in terms of $\theta$ : Now we split the integral into two parts: $\int(\sec^3(\theta), d\theta) - \int(\sec(\theta), d\theta)$ .
Conversion to $x$ : The integral of $\sec(\theta)$ is $\ln|\sec(\theta) + \tan(\theta)|$ . So we have that part of the solution.
Finding Antiderivative: The integral of $\sec^3(\theta)$ is a bit more complex, and we might need to use a reduction formula or other methods to solve it. But let's say we somehow find the antiderivative of $\sec^3(\theta)$ , which we'll call $I$ for now.
Final Solution: So our solution in terms of $\theta$ is $I - \ln|\sec(\theta) + \tan(\theta)| + C$ .
Correction: We need to convert back to $x$ . Since $x = \tan(\theta)$ , we have $\sec(\theta) = \sqrt{x^2 + 1}$ . So our solution in terms of $x$ is $I - \ln|\sqrt{x^2 + 1} + x| + C$ .
Correction: We need to convert back to $x$ . Since $x = \tan(\theta)$ , we have $\sec(\theta) = \sqrt{x^2 + 1}$ . So our solution in terms of $x$ is $I - \ln|\sqrt{x^2 + 1} + x| + C$ .But wait, we didn't actually find the antiderivative of $\sec^3(\theta)$ , we just called it $I$ . That's not right, we need to actually calculate it or look it up. This is a mistake, we can't just name it $I$ and move on.

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