Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions. - 7.4 Exercises - Page 501: 21

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{4}\ln \left|t+1\right|-\dfrac{1}{4\left(t+1\right)}-\dfrac{1}{4}\ln \left|t-1\right|-\dfrac{1}{4\left(t-1\right)}+C$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \frac{1}{(t^{2}-1)^{2}}=\frac{1}{[(t+1)(t-1)]^{2}}=$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{(t+1)^{2}(t-1)^{2}}=\frac{A}{t+1}+\frac{B}{(t+1)^{2}}+\frac{C}{t-1}+\frac{D}{(t-1)^{2}}$ $1=A(t+1)(t -1)^{2}+B(t -1)^{2}+C(t+1)^{2}(t -1)+D(t+1)^{2}$ $t=1\quad \Rightarrow\quad 4D=1\Rightarrow\quad D=1/4$ $t=-1\quad \Rightarrow\quad 4B=1\Rightarrow\quad B=1/4$ $t=0\quad \Rightarrow\quad\left\{\begin{array}{ll} 1= A+B-C+D & \\ 1=A+\frac{1}{4}-C+\frac{1}{4} & \\ & \\ A-C=\frac{1}{2} & (*) \end{array}\right.$ $t=2\quad \Rightarrow\quad\left\{\begin{array}{ll} 1= 3A+B+9C+9D & \\ 1=3A+\frac{1}{4}+9C+\frac{9}{4} & \\ 3A+9C=\frac{-3}{2} & \\ A+3C=-\frac{1}{2} & (**) \end{array}\right.$ Subtract (**) from (*) $-4C=1$ $C=-\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$ substsitute into (*) $\Rightarrow A=\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}.$ $\displaystyle \int\frac{1}{(t^{2}-1)^{2}}dt=\int(\frac{\frac{1}{4}}{t+1}+\frac{\frac{1}{4}}{(t+1)^{2}}+\frac{-\frac{1}{4}}{t-1}+\frac{\frac{1}{4}}{(t-1)^{2}})dt$ $=\dfrac{1}{4}\ln \left|t+1\right|-\dfrac{1}{4\left(t+1\right)}-\dfrac{1}{4}\ln \left|t-1\right|-\dfrac{1}{4\left(t-1\right)}+C$
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