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Integration

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How to integrate sin 4 x.cos ^ { 3 } x d x — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:4000:11CA:BC1F:2:2:1D15:FEA2 (talk) 13:14, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First use the power reduction formula for and then the product to sum formula for . -Abdul Muhsy (talk) 14:02, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Observe that This can be exploited in this specific case for a change of variable, giving a slightly less laborious calculation. Use the double-angle formulas and repeatedly to rewrite as Then
where
 --Lambiam 16:33, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just for fun, another method (expanding on User:Abdul Muhsy's suggestion):
--RDBury (talk) 13:03, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Brute force:
(though is surely a neater way of expressing this). catslash (talk) 19:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I can't make catslash's multiple angles form match the powers form. —Tamfang (talk) 02:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The calculations above constitute a proof of their equality.  --Lambiam 12:09, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
They could differ by a constant (they do not)
catslash (talk) 13:28, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That they don't differ by a constant can be made obvious by setting  --Lambiam 14:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I made a blunder in expanding the multiple angle form. I'll try again. —Tamfang (talk) 01:37, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]