On Saturday 03 May 2008 11:13, Doug Stewart wrote:
> My copy of Schaums (1968, printing 4) shows
>
> 14:334:
>
> int(1/(x*sqrt(x^n-a^n)),x) == 2/(n*sqrt(a^n))*acos(sqrt(a^n/x^n))
>
> Would someone here in Maxima please check this out.
>
> From my beginners view point it looks wrong.
(2*atan(sqrt(x^n-a^n)/a^(n/2)))/(a^(n/2)*n) is equivalent to
2/(n*sqrt(a^n))*acos(sqrt(a^n/x^n)).
--
Alexey Beshenov <al at beshenov.ru>
http://beshenov.ru/
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