# 9.1 Integration by Substitution (Change of Variables) # Art Belmonte, Summer 1996 # These are the shaded gray examples which appear in Section 9.1. # In-line plots have been removed to conserve disk space. > restart; with(student): > A:=Int(1 / sqrt(4 + 9*x^2), x); / | 1 A := | ------------- dx | 2 1/2 / (4 + 9 x ) > changevar(3*x=2*tan(theta), A, theta); Atemp:=value("); / 2 | 2 + 2 tan(theta) | 1/3 ---------------------- dtheta | 2 1/2 / (4 + 4 tan(theta) ) Atemp := 1/3 arcsinh(tan(theta)) # Here we alternatively use changevar again, which eliminates the need # for simplify (in this case). > Avalue:=changevar(theta=arctan(3*x/2), Atemp, x); Avalue := 1/3 arcsinh(3/2 x) # Again, simplify was not needed (in this case, with Maple V Release 4). > diff(Avalue, x); 1 ------------- 2 1/2 (4 + 9 x ) > changevar(3*x=2*tan(theta), Int(1 / sqrt(4 + 9*x^2), x), theta); / 2 | 2 + 2 tan(theta) | 1/3 ---------------------- dtheta | 2 1/2 / (4 + 4 tan(theta) ) > Int(1 / sqrt(4 + 9*x^2), x); value("); / | 1 | ------------- dx | 2 1/2 / (4 + 9 x ) 1/3 arcsinh(3/2 x) >