10. Reduction Formulae

by M. Bourne

You may have noticed in the Table of Integrals that some integrals are given in terms of a simpler integral. These require a few steps to find the final answer.

Reduction formulae are integrals involving some variable n, as well as the usual x. They are normally obtained from using integration by parts.

We use the notation In when writing reduction formulae.

Example 1

Given that

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find $\int \sin ^{4}x$ $dx$.

Example 2

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Find $\int \tan ^{3}x$ $dx$.

See the Scientific Notebook version of the same Examples. (info: math expression).

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