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List of integrals of trigonometric functions

The following is a list of integrals (antiderivative functions) of trigonometric functions. For antiderivatives involving both exponential and trigonometric functions, see List of integrals of exponential functions. For a complete list of antiderivative functions, see Lists of integrals. For the special antiderivatives involving trigonometric functions, see Trigonometric integral.

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Generally, if the function sin ( x ) is any trigonometric function, and cos ( x ) is its derivative,

a cos n x d x = a n sin n x + C

In all formulas the constant a is assumed to be nonzero, and C denotes the constant of integration.

Integrands involving only sine

sin a x d x = 1 a cos a x + C sin 2 a x d x = x 2 1 4 a sin 2 a x + C = x 2 1 2 a sin a x cos a x + C sin 3 a x d x = cos 3 a x 12 a 3 cos a x 4 a + C x sin 2 a x d x = x 2 4 x 4 a sin 2 a x 1 8 a 2 cos 2 a x + C x 2 sin 2 a x d x = x 3 6 ( x 2 4 a 1 8 a 3 ) sin 2 a x x 4 a 2 cos 2 a x + C sin b 1 x sin b 2 x d x = sin ( ( b 2 b 1 ) x ) 2 ( b 2 b 1 ) sin ( ( b 1 + b 2 ) x ) 2 ( b 1 + b 2 ) + C (for  | b 1 | | b 2 | ) sin n a x d x = sin n 1 a x cos a x n a + n 1 n sin n 2 a x d x (for  n > 0 ) d x sin a x = 1 a ln | csc a x + cot a x | + C d x sin n a x = cos a x a ( 1 n ) sin n 1 a x + n 2 n 1 d x sin n 2 a x (for  n > 1 ) x sin a x d x = sin a x a 2 x cos a x a + C x n sin a x d x = x n a cos a x + n a x n 1 cos a x d x = k = 0 2 k n ( 1 ) k + 1 x n 2 k a 1 + 2 k n ! ( n 2 k ) ! cos a x + k = 0 2 k + 1 n ( 1 ) k x n 1 2 k a 2 + 2 k n ! ( n 2 k 1 ) ! sin a x (for  n > 0 ) sin a x x d x = n = 0 ( 1 ) n ( a x ) 2 n + 1 ( 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) ! + C sin a x x n d x = sin a x ( n 1 ) x n 1 + a n 1 cos a x x n 1 d x d x 1 ± sin a x = 1 a tan ( a x 2 π 4 ) + C x d x 1 + sin a x = x a tan ( a x 2 π 4 ) + 2 a 2 ln | cos ( a x 2 π 4 ) | + C x d x 1 sin a x = x a cot ( π 4 a x 2 ) + 2 a 2 ln | sin ( π 4 a x 2 ) | + C sin a x d x 1 ± sin a x = ± x + 1 a tan ( π 4 a x 2 ) + C

Integrands involving only cosine

cos a x d x = 1 a sin a x + C cos 2 a x d x = x 2 + 1 4 a sin 2 a x + C = x 2 + 1 2 a sin a x cos a x + C cos n a x d x = cos n 1 a x sin a x n a + n 1 n cos n 2 a x d x (for  n > 0 ) x cos a x d x = cos a x a 2 + x sin a x a + C x 2 cos 2 a x d x = x 3 6 + ( x 2 4 a 1 8 a 3 ) sin 2 a x + x 4 a 2 cos 2 a x + C x n cos a x d x = x n sin a x a n a x n 1 sin a x d x = k = 0 2 k + 1 n ( 1 ) k x n 2 k 1 a 2 + 2 k n ! ( n 2 k 1 ) ! cos a x + k = 0 2 k n ( 1 ) k x n 2 k a 1 + 2 k n ! ( n 2 k ) ! sin a x cos a x x d x = ln | a x | + k = 1 ( 1 ) k ( a x ) 2 k 2 k ( 2 k ) ! + C cos a x x n d x = cos a x ( n 1 ) x n 1 a n 1 sin a x x n 1 d x (for  n 1 ) d x cos a x = 1 a ln | tan ( a x 2 + π 4 ) | + C d x cos n a x = sin a x a ( n 1 ) cos n 1 a x + n 2 n 1 d x cos n 2 a x (for  n > 1 ) d x 1 + cos a x = 1 a tan a x 2 + C d x 1 cos a x = 1 a cot a x 2 + C x d x 1 + cos a x = x a tan a x 2 + 2 a 2 ln | cos a x 2 | + C x d x 1 cos a x = x a cot a x 2 + 2 a 2 ln | sin a x 2 | + C cos a x d x 1 + cos a x = x 1 a tan a x 2 + C cos a x d x 1 cos a x = x 1 a cot a x 2 + C cos a 1 x cos a 2 x d x = sin ( ( a 2 a 1 ) x ) 2 ( a 2 a 1 ) + sin ( ( a 2 + a 1 ) x ) 2 ( a 2 + a 1 ) + C (for  | a 1 | | a 2 | )

Integrands involving only tangent

tan a x d x = 1 a ln | cos a x | + C = 1 a ln | sec a x | + C tan 2 x d x = tan x x + C tan n a x d x = 1 a ( n 1 ) tan n 1 a x tan n 2 a x d x (for  n 1 ) d x q tan a x + p = 1 p 2 + q 2 ( p x + q a ln | q sin a x + p cos a x | ) + C (for  p 2 + q 2 0 ) d x tan a x + 1 = x 2 + 1 2 a ln | sin a x + cos a x | + C d x tan a x 1 = x 2 + 1 2 a ln | sin a x cos a x | + C tan a x d x tan a x + 1 = x 2 1 2 a ln | sin a x + cos a x | + C tan a x d x tan a x 1 = x 2 + 1 2 a ln | sin a x cos a x | + C

Integrands involving only secant

See Integral of the secant function. sec a x d x = 1 a ln | sec a x + tan a x | + C sec 2 x d x = tan x + C sec 3 x d x = 1 2 sec x tan x + 1 2 ln | sec x + tan x | + C . sec n a x d x = sec n 2 a x tan a x a ( n 1 ) + n 2 n 1 sec n 2 a x d x  (for  n 1 ) d x sec x + 1 = x tan x 2 + C d x sec x 1 = x cot x 2 + C

Integrands involving only cosecant

csc a x d x = 1 a ln | csc a x + cot a x | + C csc 2 x d x = cot x + C csc 3 x d x = 1 2 csc x cot x 1 2 ln | csc x + cot x | + C . csc n a x d x = csc n 2 a x cot a x a ( n 1 ) + n 2 n 1 csc n 2 a x d x  (for  n 1 ) d x csc x + 1 = x 2 cot x 2 + 1 + C d x csc x 1 = x + 2 cot x 2 1 + C

Integrands involving only cotangent

cot a x d x = 1 a ln | sin a x | + C cot n a x d x = 1 a ( n 1 ) cot n 1 a x cot n 2 a x d x (for  n 1 ) d x 1 + cot a x = tan a x d x tan a x + 1 d x 1 cot a x = tan a x d x tan a x 1

Integrands involving both sine and cosine

d x cos a x ± sin a x = 1 a 2 ln | tan ( a x 2 ± π 8 ) | + C d x ( cos a x ± sin a x ) 2 = 1 2 a tan ( a x π 4 ) + C d x ( cos x + sin x ) n = 1 n 1 ( sin x cos x ( cos x + sin x ) n 1 2 ( n 2 ) d x ( cos x + sin x ) n 2 ) cos a x d x cos a x + sin a x = x 2 + 1 2 a ln | sin a x + cos a x | + C cos a x d x cos a x sin a x = x 2 1 2 a ln | sin a x cos a x | + C sin a x d x cos a x + sin a x = x 2 1 2 a ln | sin a x + cos a x | + C sin a x d x cos a x sin a x = x 2 1 2 a ln | sin a x cos a x | + C cos a x d x sin a x ( 1 + cos a x ) = 1 4 a tan 2 a x 2 + 1 2 a ln | tan a x 2 | + C cos a x d x sin a x ( 1 cos a x ) = 1 4 a cot 2 a x 2 1 2 a ln | tan a x 2 | + C sin a x d x cos a x ( 1 + sin a x ) = 1 4 a cot 2 ( a x 2 + π 4 ) + 1 2 a ln | tan ( a x 2 + π 4 ) | + C sin a x d x cos a x ( 1 sin a x ) = 1 4 a tan 2 ( a x 2 + π 4 ) 1 2 a ln | tan ( a x 2 + π 4 ) | + C sin a x cos a x d x = 1 2 a sin 2 a x + C sin a 1 x cos a 2 x d x = cos ( ( a 1 a 2 ) x ) 2 ( a 1 a 2 ) cos ( ( a 1 + a 2 ) x ) 2 ( a 1 + a 2 ) + C (for  | a 1 | | a 2 | ) sin n a x cos a x d x = 1 a ( n + 1 ) sin n + 1 a x + C (for  n 1 ) sin a x cos n a x d x = 1 a ( n + 1 ) cos n + 1 a x + C (for  n 1 ) sin n a x cos m a x d x = sin n 1 a x cos m + 1 a x a ( n + m ) + n 1 n + m sin n 2 a x cos m a x d x (for  m , n > 0 ) also: sin n a x cos m a x d x = sin n + 1 a x cos m 1 a x a ( n + m ) + m 1 n + m sin n a x cos m 2 a x d x (for  m , n > 0 ) d x sin a x cos a x = 1 a ln | tan a x | + C d x sin a x cos n a x = 1 a ( n 1 ) cos n 1 a x + d x sin a x cos n 2 a x (for  n 1 ) d x sin n a x cos a x = 1 a ( n 1 ) sin n 1 a x + d x sin n 2 a x cos a x (for  n 1 ) sin a x d x cos n a x = 1 a ( n 1 ) cos n 1 a x + C (for  n 1 ) sin 2 a x d x cos a x = 1 a sin a x + 1 a ln | tan ( π 4 + a x 2 ) | + C sin 2 a x d x cos n a x = sin a x a ( n 1 ) cos n 1 a x 1 n 1 d x cos n 2 a x (for  n 1 ) sin n a x d x cos a x = sin n 1 a x a ( n 1 ) + sin n 2 a x d x cos a x (for  n 1 ) sin n a x d x cos m a x = sin n + 1 a x a ( m 1 ) cos m 1 a x n m + 2 m 1 sin n a x d x cos m 2 a x (for  m 1 ) also: sin n a x d x cos m a x = sin n 1 a x a ( n m ) cos m 1 a x + n 1 n m sin n 2 a x d x cos m a x (for  m n ) also: sin n a x d x cos m a x = sin n 1 a x a ( m 1 ) cos m 1 a x n 1 m 1 sin n 2 a x d x cos m 2 a x (for  m 1 ) cos a x d x sin n a x = 1 a ( n 1 ) sin n 1 a x + C (for  n 1 ) cos 2 a x d x sin a x = 1 a ( cos a x + ln | tan a x 2 | ) + C cos 2 a x d x sin n a x = 1 n 1 ( cos a x a sin n 1 a x + d x sin n 2 a x ) (for  n 1 ) cos n a x d x sin m a x = cos n + 1 a x a ( m 1 ) sin m 1 a x n m + 2 m 1 cos n a x d x sin m 2 a x (for  m 1 ) also: cos n a x d x sin m a x = cos n 1 a x a ( n m ) sin m 1 a x + n 1 n m cos n 2 a x d x sin m a x (for  m n ) also: cos n a x d x sin m a x = cos n 1 a x a ( m 1 ) sin m 1 a x n 1 m 1 cos n 2 a x d x sin m 2 a x (for  m 1 )

Integrands involving both sine and tangent

sin a x tan a x d x = 1 a ( ln | sec a x + tan a x | sin a x ) + C tan n a x d x sin 2 a x = 1 a ( n 1 ) tan n 1 ( a x ) + C (for  n 1 )

Integrand involving both cosine and tangent

tan n a x d x cos 2 a x = 1 a ( n + 1 ) tan n + 1 a x + C (for  n 1 )

Integrand involving both sine and cotangent

cot n a x d x sin 2 a x = 1 a ( n + 1 ) cot n + 1 a x + C (for  n 1 )

Integrand involving both cosine and cotangent

cot n a x d x cos 2 a x = 1 a ( 1 n ) tan 1 n a x + C (for  n 1 )

Integrand involving both secant and tangent

sec x tan x d x = sec x + C

Integrand involving with cosecant and cotangent

csc x cot x d x = csc x + C

Integrals in a quarter period

0 π 2 sin n x d x = 0 π 2 cos n x d x = { n 1 n n 3 n 2 3 4 1 2 π 2 , if  n  is even n 1 n n 3 n 2 4 5 2 3 , if  n  is odd and more than 1 1 , if  n = 1

Integrals with symmetric limits

c c sin x d x = 0 c c cos x d x = 2 0 c cos x d x = 2 c 0 cos x d x = 2 sin c c c tan x d x = 0 a 2 a 2 x 2 cos 2 n π x a d x = a 3 ( n 2 π 2 6 ) 24 n 2 π 2 (for  n = 1 , 3 , 5... ) a 2 a 2 x 2 sin 2 n π x a d x = a 3 ( n 2 π 2 6 ( 1 ) n ) 24 n 2 π 2 = a 3 24 ( 1 6 ( 1 ) n n 2 π 2 ) (for  n = 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . )

Integral over a full circle

0 2 π sin 2 m + 1 x cos 2 n + 1 x d x = 0 { n , m } Z

References

List of integrals of trigonometric functions Wikipedia