Exercise 763Calculus › Single-variable calculus › Integration › Integration techniquesL1Added 2 Nov 2026
Integrating ln and arctan by parts
#integration by parts#logarithm#arctangent
Statement
Compute and .
Hint
Neither function has an obvious antiderivative. Write and integrate by parts, differentiating and integrating .
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Solution
Idea. Differentiating or produces *rational* functions, which we know how to integrate.
First integral. With , :
The last integral is , so the result is
Second integral. With , :
Check. Both are positive and smaller than the value of the integrand at (, ), as they should be for increasing integrands.