Quadratic integral

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alttext="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>c</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/89a9f8c6833bcfb3020c930f28a708915e4b5c1d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:16.692ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}.}"></span> </p><p>It can be evaluated by <a href="/wiki/Completing_the_square" title="Completing the square">completing the square</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Denominator" class="mw-redirect" title="Denominator">denominator</a>. </p><p><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {dx}{\left(x+{\frac {b}{2c}}\right)^{\!2}+\left({\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}\right)}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>c</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>b</mi> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mspace width="negativethinmathspace" /> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>−</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msup> <mi>b</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow> <mn>4</mn> <msup> <mi>c</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {dx}{\left(x+{\frac {b}{2c}}\right)^{\!2}+\left({\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}\right)}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6e2cb1c59f47f9118759a906f5b2aef09ee60757" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -5.005ex; width:48.94ex; height:8.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {dx}{\left(x+{\frac {b}{2c}}\right)^{\!2}+\left({\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}\right)}}.}"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positive-discriminant_case">Positive-discriminant case</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quadratic_integral&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Positive-discriminant case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Assume that the <a href="/wiki/Discriminant" title="Discriminant">discriminant</a> <i>q</i> = <i>b</i><sup>2</sup> − 4<i>ac</i> is positive. In that case, define <i>u</i> and <i>A</i> by <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle u=x+{\frac {b}{2c}},}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>u</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>b</mi> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle u=x+{\frac {b}{2c}},}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c4b7a7e78a7aea9120a57f9dc0927fb86175de8e" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.838ex; width:12.25ex; height:5.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle u=x+{\frac {b}{2c}},}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle -A^{2}={\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}={\frac {1}{4c^{2}}}(4ac-b^{2}).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>−</mo> <msup> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>−</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msup> <mi>b</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow> <mn>4</mn> <msup> <mi>c</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mn>4</mn> <msup> <mi>c</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>4</mn> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mo>−</mo> <msup> <mi>b</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle -A^{2}={\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}={\frac {1}{4c^{2}}}(4ac-b^{2}).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ba87cb2c9bacb3cf1a0bc917f7814e2b9c04e4c4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:34.576ex; height:6.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle -A^{2}={\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}={\frac {1}{4c^{2}}}(4ac-b^{2}).}"></span> </p><p>The quadratic integral can now be written as <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{u^{2}-A^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{(u+A)(u-A)}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>c</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <msup> <mi>u</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>−</mo> <msup> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{u^{2}-A^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{(u+A)(u-A)}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a91beea3886c87c263249032421631a83c7674a0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:57.961ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{u^{2}-A^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{(u+A)(u-A)}}.}"></span> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Partial_fraction_decomposition" title="Partial fraction decomposition">partial fraction decomposition</a> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{(u+A)(u-A)}}={\frac {1}{2A}}\!\left({\frac {1}{u-A}}-{\frac {1}{u+A}}\right)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mspace width="negativethinmathspace" /> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mi>u</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>−</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mi>u</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{(u+A)(u-A)}}={\frac {1}{2A}}\!\left({\frac {1}{u-A}}-{\frac {1}{u+A}}\right)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e2487d7bcea53f3b6630339575eb8a7ff450c167" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:42.881ex; height:6.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{(u+A)(u-A)}}={\frac {1}{2A}}\!\left({\frac {1}{u-A}}-{\frac {1}{u+A}}\right)}"></span> allows us to evaluate the integral: <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{(u+A)(u-A)}}={\frac {1}{2Ac}}\ln \left({\frac {u-A}{u+A}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>A</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mi>ln</mi> <mo>⁡</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>u</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>u</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>constant</mtext> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{(u+A)(u-A)}}={\frac {1}{2Ac}}\ln \left({\frac {u-A}{u+A}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2d5eeefe9d683ed6cabe8e86fab2ec6a3990b270" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:53.747ex; height:6.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{(u+A)(u-A)}}={\frac {1}{2Ac}}\ln \left({\frac {u-A}{u+A}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.}"></span> </p><p>The final result for the original integral, under the assumption that <i>q</i> > 0, is <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{\sqrt {q}}}\ln \left({\frac {2cx+b-{\sqrt {q}}}{2cx+b+{\sqrt {q}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>c</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <msqrt> <mi>q</mi> </msqrt> </mfrac> </mrow> <mi>ln</mi> <mo>⁡</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>c</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mi>q</mi> </msqrt> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>c</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mi>q</mi> </msqrt> </mrow> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>constant</mtext> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{\sqrt {q}}}\ln \left({\frac {2cx+b-{\sqrt {q}}}{2cx+b+{\sqrt {q}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b874d28c0419bb977737e10258c93d5a3a21f7b3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.838ex; width:54.907ex; height:6.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{\sqrt {q}}}\ln \left({\frac {2cx+b-{\sqrt {q}}}{2cx+b+{\sqrt {q}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.}"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Negative-discriminant_case">Negative-discriminant case</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quadratic_integral&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Negative-discriminant case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In case the <a href="/wiki/Discriminant" title="Discriminant">discriminant</a> <i>q</i> = <i>b</i><sup>2</sup> − 4<i>ac</i> is negative, the second term in the denominator in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {dx}{\left(x+{\frac {b}{2c}}\right)^{\!2}+\left({\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}\right)}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>c</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>b</mi> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mspace width="negativethinmathspace" /> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>−</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msup> <mi>b</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow> <mn>4</mn> <msup> <mi>c</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {dx}{\left(x+{\frac {b}{2c}}\right)^{\!2}+\left({\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}\right)}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6e2cb1c59f47f9118759a906f5b2aef09ee60757" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -5.005ex; width:48.94ex; height:8.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{a+bx+cx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {dx}{\left(x+{\frac {b}{2c}}\right)^{\!2}+\left({\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}\right)}}.}"></span> is positive. Then the integral becomes <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{u^{2}+A^{2}}}&={\frac {1}{cA}}\int {\frac {du/A}{(u/A)^{2}+1}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{cA}}\int {\frac {dw}{w^{2}+1}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{cA}}\arctan(w)+\mathrm {constant} \\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{cA}}\arctan \left({\frac {u}{A}}\right)+{\text{constant}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{c{\sqrt {{\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}}}}}\arctan \left({\frac {x+{\frac {b}{2c}}}{\sqrt {{\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {2}{\sqrt {4ac-b^{2}\,}}}\arctan \left({\frac {2cx+b}{\sqrt {4ac-b^{2}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.\end{aligned}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtable columnalign="right left right left right left right left right left right left" rowspacing="1.2em 1.2em 1.2em 1.2em 1.2em 0.3em" columnspacing="0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em" displaystyle="true"> <mtr> <mtd> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>c</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <msup> <mi>u</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <msup> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mi>c</mi> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>u</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>A</mi> <msup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd /> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mi>c</mi> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>∫</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>w</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <msup> <mi>w</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd /> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mi>c</mi> <mi>A</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mi>arctan</mi> <mo>⁡</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="normal">c</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">o</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi> <mi 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{4ac-b^{2}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.\end{aligned}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0715d439a69d30944bda613d3112a8b890555207" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -27.005ex; width:63.653ex; height:55.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {1}{c}}\int {\frac {du}{u^{2}+A^{2}}}&={\frac {1}{cA}}\int {\frac {du/A}{(u/A)^{2}+1}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{cA}}\int {\frac {dw}{w^{2}+1}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{cA}}\arctan(w)+\mathrm {constant} \\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{cA}}\arctan \left({\frac {u}{A}}\right)+{\text{constant}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {1}{c{\sqrt {{\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}}}}}\arctan \left({\frac {x+{\frac {b}{2c}}}{\sqrt {{\frac {a}{c}}-{\frac {b^{2}}{4c^{2}}}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}\\[9pt]&={\frac {2}{\sqrt {4ac-b^{2}\,}}}\arctan \left({\frac {2cx+b}{\sqrt {4ac-b^{2}}}}\right)+{\text{constant}}.\end{aligned}}}"></span> </p> <div 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functions and differentiation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logarithmic_derivative" title="Logarithmic derivative">Logarithmic derivative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Related_rates" title="Related rates">Related rates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stationary_point" title="Stationary point">Stationary points</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_derivative_test" class="mw-redirect" title="First derivative test">First derivative test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_derivative_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Second derivative test">Second derivative test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_value_theorem" title="Extreme value theorem">Extreme value theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximum_and_minimum" title="Maximum and minimum">Maximum and minimum</a></li></ul></li> <li>Further applications <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newton%27s_method" title="Newton's method">Newton's method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor%27s_theorem" title="Taylor's theorem">Taylor's theorem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differential_equation" title="Differential equation">Differential equation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_differential_equation" title="Ordinary differential equation">Ordinary differential equation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partial_differential_equation" title="Partial differential equation">Partial differential equation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stochastic_differential_equation" title="Stochastic differential equation">Stochastic differential equation</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Integral_calculus" class="mw-redirect" title="Integral calculus">Integral calculus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiderivative" title="Antiderivative">Antiderivative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arc_length" title="Arc length">Arc length</a></li> <li><a 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title="Tangent half-angle substitution">Tangent half-angle substitution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partial_fractions_in_integration" class="mw-redirect" title="Partial fractions in integration">Partial fractions in integration</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Quadratic integral</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapezoidal_rule" title="Trapezoidal rule">Trapezoidal rule</a></li> <li>Volumes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disc_integration" title="Disc integration">Washer method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_integration" title="Shell integration">Shell method</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integral_equation" title="Integral equation">Integral equation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integro-differential_equation" title="Integro-differential equation">Integro-differential equation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vector_calculus" title="Vector calculus">Vector calculus</a></th><td 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title="Multiple integral">Multiple integral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partial_derivative" title="Partial derivative">Partial derivative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_integral" title="Surface integral">Surface integral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volume_integral" title="Volume integral">Volume integral</a></li> <li>Advanced topics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Differential_form" title="Differential form">Differential forms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exterior_derivative" title="Exterior derivative">Exterior derivative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generalized_Stokes%27_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Generalized Stokes' theorem">Generalized Stokes' theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tensor_calculus" class="mw-redirect" title="Tensor calculus">Tensor calculus</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sequences and series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arithmetico-geometric_sequence" title="Arithmetico-geometric sequence">Arithmetico-geometric sequence</a></li> <li>Types of series <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternating_series" title="Alternating series">Alternating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binomial_series" title="Binomial series">Binomial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourier_series" title="Fourier series">Fourier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geometric_series" title="Geometric series">Geometric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)" title="Harmonic series (mathematics)">Harmonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinite_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Infinite series">Infinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_series" title="Power series">Power</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maclaurin_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Maclaurin series">Maclaurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_series" title="Taylor series">Taylor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescoping_series" title="Telescoping series">Telescoping</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tests of convergence <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abel%27s_test" title="Abel's test">Abel's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternating_series_test" title="Alternating series test">Alternating series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauchy_condensation_test" title="Cauchy condensation test">Cauchy condensation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_comparison_test" title="Direct comparison test">Direct comparison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirichlet%27s_test" title="Dirichlet's test">Dirichlet's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integral_test_for_convergence" title="Integral test for convergence">Integral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limit_comparison_test" title="Limit comparison test">Limit comparison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratio_test" title="Ratio test">Ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Root_test" title="Root test">Root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Term_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Term test">Term</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special functions<br />and numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernoulli_number" title="Bernoulli number">Bernoulli numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)" title="E (mathematical constant)">e (mathematical constant)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exponential_function" title="Exponential function">Exponential function</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_logarithm" title="Natural logarithm">Natural logarithm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling%27s_approximation" title="Stirling's approximation">Stirling's approximation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_calculus" title="History of calculus">History of calculus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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title="Leonhard Euler">Leonhard Euler</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Method_of_Fluxions" title="Method of Fluxions">Method of Fluxions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Method_of_Mechanical_Theorems" title="The Method of Mechanical Theorems">The Method of Mechanical Theorems</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Integrals" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_integrals" title="Lists of integrals">Integrals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_integrals_of_rational_functions" title="List of integrals of rational functions">rational 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