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Integrationbypartsisatechniqueforperformingindefiniteintegration

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expandingthedifferentialofaproductoffunctions
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andexpressingtheoriginalintegralintermsofaknown

g(0)=1,g(n+1)=n^2+g(n)

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andintegratesbothsides,

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Forexample,considertheintegral

andlet
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Theproceduredoesnotalwayssucceed,sincesomechoicesof mayleadtomorecomplicatedintegralsthanthe
original.Forexample,consideragaintheintegral
andlet

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(8)
giving
(9)
(10)
whichismoredifficultthantheoriginal(Apostol1967,pp.218219).
Integrationbypartsmayalsofailbecauseitleadsbacktotheoriginalintegral.Forexample,consider
let

and

(11)
then
(12)
whichissameintegralastheoriginal(Apostol1967,p.219).
Theanalogousprocedureworksfordefiniteintegrationbyparts,so
(13)
where

Integrationbypartscanalsobeapplied timesto

:
(14)

Therefore,
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But
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so

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Nowconsiderthisintheslightlydifferentform

.Integratebypartsafirsttime

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so
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Nowintegratebypartsasecondtime,

(21)

so

(22)

Repeatingathirdtime,

(23)

Therefore,after applications,

(24)

If

(e.g.,foran thdegreepolynomial),thelasttermis0,sothesumterminatesafter termsand

(25)

SEEALSO:

Darboux'sFormula,Integral,Integration,InverseFunctionIntegration,SummationbyParts
REFERENCES:
Abramowitz,M.andStegun,I.A.(Eds.).HandbookofMathematicalFunctionswithFormulas,Graphs,andMathematicalTables,
9thprinting.NewYork:Dover,p.12,1972.
Apostol,T.M."IntegrationbyParts."5.9inCalculus,2nded.,Vol.1:OneVariableCalculus,withanIntroductiontoLinear
Algebra.Waltham,MA:Blaisdell,pp.217220,1967.
Bronshtein,I.N.andSemendyayev,K.A.HandbookofMathematics,3rded.NewYork:SpringerVerlag,p.269,1997.
CITETHISAS:
Weisstein,EricW."IntegrationbyParts."FromMathWorldAWolframWebResource.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IntegrationbyParts.html

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