For x tan x dx, try Integration by Parts with u = x, dv = tan

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For ∫ x tan x dx, try Integration by Parts with u = x, dv = tan x dx and with u = tan x, dv = x dx, and describe the difficulty that you encounter in each case, keeping you from finding an antiderivative. There is no antiderivative formula for x tan x involving elementary functions.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781319055844

4th Edition

Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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