Integration by reduction formulae
# Integration by reduction formulae

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In integral calculus, integration by reduction formulae is a method relying on recurrence relations. It is used when an expression containing an integer parameter, usually in the form of powers of elementary functions, or products of transcendental functions and polynomials of arbitrary degree, can't be integrated directly. But using other methods of integration a reduction formula can be set up to obtain the integral of the same or similar expression with a lower integer parameter, progressively simplifying the integral until it can be evaluated. This method of integration is one of the earliest used.

## How to find the reduction formula

The reduction formula can be derived using any of the common methods of integration, like integration by substitution, integration by parts, integration by trigonometric substitution, integration by partial fractions, etc. The main idea is to express an integral involving an integer parameter (e.g. power) of a function, represented by $I_n,$ in terms of an integral that involves a lower value of the parameter (lower power) of that function, for example $I_{n-1}$ or $I_{n-2}.$ This makes the reduction formula a type of recurrence relation. In other words, the reduction formula expresses the integral

    $I_{n}=\int f(x,n)\,{\text{d}}x,$

in terms of

    $I_{k}=\int f(x,k)\,{\text{d}}x,$

where

    $k<n.$

## How to compute the integral

To compute the integral, we set n to its value and use the reduction formula to express it in terms of the (n – 1) or (n – 2) integral. The lower index integral can be used to calculate the higher index ones; the process is continued repeatedly until we reach a point where the function to be integrated can be computed, usually when its index is 0 or 1. Then we back-substitute the previous results until we have computed $I_n.$

### Examples

Below are examples of the procedure.

**Cosine integral**

Typically, integrals like

    $\int \cos ^{n}x\,{\text{d}}x,\,\!$

can be evaluated by a reduction formula.

Start by setting:

    $I_{n}=\int \cos ^{n}x\,{\text{d}}x.\,\!$

Now re-write as:

    $I_{n}=\int \cos ^{n-1}x\cos x\,{\text{d}}x,\,\!$

Integrating by this substitution:

    $\cos x\,{\text{d}}x={\text{d}}(\sin x),\,\!$
    $I_{n}=\int \cos ^{n-1}x\,{\text{d}}(\sin x).\!$

Now integrating by parts:

    ${\begin{aligned}\int \cos ^{n}x\,{\text{d}}x&=\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x-\int \sin x\,{\text{d}}(\cos ^{n-1}x)\\&=\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x+(n-1)\int \sin x\cos ^{n-2}x\sin x\,{\text{d}}x\\&=\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x+(n-1)\int \cos ^{n-2}x\sin ^{2}x\,{\text{d}}x\\&=\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x+(n-1)\int \cos ^{n-2}x(1-\cos ^{2}x)\,{\text{d}}x\\&=\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x+(n-1)\int \cos ^{n-2}x\,{\text{d}}x-(n-1)\int \cos ^{n}x\,{\text{d}}x\\&=\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x+(n-1)I_{n-2}-(n-1)I_{n},\end{aligned}}\,$

solving for $I_n:$

    $I_{n}\ +(n-1)I_{n}\ =\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x\ +\ (n-1)I_{n-2},\,$
    $nI_{n}\ =\cos ^{n-1}(x)\sin x\ +(n-1)I_{n-2},\,$
    $I_{n}\ ={\frac {1}{n}}\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x\ +{\frac {n-1}{n}}I_{n-2},\,$

so the reduction formula is:

    $\int \cos ^{n}x\,{\text{d}}x\ ={\frac {1}{n}}\cos ^{n-1}x\sin x+{\frac {n-1}{n}}\int \cos ^{n-2}x\,{\text{d}}x.\!$

To supplement the example, the above can be used to evaluate the integral for (say) n = 5;

    $I_{5}=\int \cos ^{5}x\,{\text{d}}x.\,\!$

Calculating lower indices:

    $n=5,\quad I_{5}={\tfrac {1}{5}}\cos ^{4}x\sin x+{\tfrac {4}{5}}I_{3},\,$
    $n=3,\quad I_{3}={\tfrac {1}{3}}\cos ^{2}x\sin x+{\tfrac {2}{3}}I_{1},\,$

back-substituting:

    $\because I_{1}\ =\int \cos x\,{\text{d}}x=\sin x+C_{1},\,$
    $\therefore I_{3}\ ={\tfrac {1}{3}}\cos ^{2}x\sin x+{\tfrac {2}{3}}\sin x+C_{2},\quad C_{2}\ ={\tfrac {2}{3}}C_{1},\,$
    $I_{5}\ ={\frac {1}{5}}\cos ^{4}x\sin x+{\frac {4}{5}}\left[{\frac {1}{3}}\cos ^{2}x\sin x+{\frac {2}{3}}\sin x\right]+C,\,$

where C is a constant.

**Exponential integral**

Another typical example is:

    $\int x^{n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x.\,\!$

Start by setting:

    $I_{n}=\int x^{n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x.\,\!$

Integrating by substitution:

    $x^{n}\,{\text{d}}x={\frac {{\text{d}}(x^{n+1})}{n+1}},\,\!$
    $I_{n}={\frac {1}{n+1}}\int e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}(x^{n+1}),\!$

Now integrating by parts:

    ${\begin{aligned}\int e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}(x^{n+1})&=x^{n+1}e^{ax}-\int x^{n+1}\,{\text{d}}(e^{ax})\\&=x^{n+1}e^{ax}-a\int x^{n+1}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x,\end{aligned}}\!$
    $(n+1)I_{n}=x^{n+1}e^{ax}-aI_{n+1},\!$

shifting indices back by 1 (so n + 1 → n, n → n – 1):

    $nI_{n-1}=x^{n}e^{ax}-aI_{n},\!$

solving for $I_n:$

    $I_{n}={\frac {1}{a}}\left(x^{n}e^{ax}-nI_{n-1}\right),\,\!$

so the reduction formula is:

    $\int x^{n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x={\frac {1}{a}}\left(x^{n}e^{ax}-n\int x^{n-1}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\right).\!$

An alternative way in which the derivation could be done starts by substituting $e^{ax}$.

Integration by substitution:

$e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x={\frac {{\text{d}}(e^{ax})}{a}},\,\!$

$I_{n}={\frac {1}{a}}\int x^{n}\,{\text{d}}(e^{ax}),\!$

Now integrating by parts:

${\begin{aligned}\int x^{n}\,{\text{d}}(e^{ax})&=x^{n}e^{ax}-\int e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}(x^{n})\\&=x^{n}e^{ax}-n\int e^{ax}x^{n-1}\,{\text{d}}x,\end{aligned}}\!$

which gives the reduction formula when substituting back:

$I_{n}={\frac {1}{a}}\left(x^{n}e^{ax}-nI_{n-1}\right),\,\!$

which is equivalent to:

    $\int x^{n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x={\frac {1}{a}}\left(x^{n}e^{ax}-n\int x^{n-1}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\right).\!$

Another alternative way in which the derivation could be done by integrating by parts:

    $I_{n}=\int x^{n}xe^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x,\!$
    $u=x^{n}{\text{ , }}\ dv=e^{ax},$
    ${\frac {du}{dx}}\ =nx^{n-1}{\text{ , }}\ v={\frac {e^{ax}}{a}}\$
    $I_{n}={\frac {x^{n}e^{ax}}{a}}\ -\int nx^{n-1}\ {\frac {e^{ax}}{a}}\ {\text{d}}x\$
    $I_{n}={\frac {x^{n}e^{ax}}{a}}\ -{\frac {n}{a}}\ \int x^{n-1}e^{ax}\ {\text{d}}x\$

Remember:

    $I_{n-1}=\int x^{n-1}e^{ax}\ {\text{d}}x\$
    $\therefore \ I_{n}={\frac {x^{n}e^{ax}}{a}}\ -{\frac {n}{a}}\ I_{n-1}$

which gives the reduction formula when substituting back:

    $I_{n}={\frac {1}{a}}\left(x^{n}e^{ax}-nI_{n-1}\right),\,\!$

which is equivalent to:

    $\int x^{n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x={\frac {1}{a}}\left(x^{n}e^{ax}-n\int x^{n-1}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\right).\!$

## Tables of integral reduction formulas

### Rational functions

The following integrals contain:

* Factors of the linear radical ${\sqrt {ax+b}}\,\!$
* Linear factors ${px+q}\,\!$ and the linear radical ${\sqrt {ax+b}}\,\!$
* Quadratic factors $x^{2}+a^{2}\,\!$
* Quadratic factors $x^{2}-a^{2}\,\!$, for $x>a\,\!$
* Quadratic factors $a^{2}-x^{2}\,\!$, for $x<a\,\!$
* (Irreducible) quadratic factors $ax^{2}+bx+c\,\!$
* Radicals of irreducible quadratic factors ${\sqrt {ax^{2}+bx+c}}\,\!$

| Integral | Reduction formula |
| - | - |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {x^{n}}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {2x^{n}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}{a(2n+1)}}-{\frac {2nb}{a(2n+1)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{x^{n}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}}\,\!$ | $I_{n}=-{\frac {\sqrt {ax+b}}{(n-1)bx^{n-1}}}-{\frac {a(2n-3)}{2b(n-1)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int x^{n}{\sqrt {ax+b}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {2x^{n}{\sqrt {(ax+b)^{3}}}}{a(2n+3)}}-{\frac {2nb}{a(2n+3)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{(ax+b)^{m}(px+q)^{n}}}\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}={\begin{cases}-{\frac {1}{(n-1)(bp-aq)}}\left[{\frac {1}{(ax+b)^{m-1}(px+q)^{n-1}}}+a(m+n-2)I_{m,n-1}\right]\\{\frac {1}{(m-1)(bp-aq)}}\left[{\frac {1}{(ax+b)^{m-1}(px+q)^{n-1}}}+p(m+n-2)I_{m-1,n}\right]\end{cases}}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {(ax+b)^{m}}{(px+q)^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}={\begin{cases}-{\frac {1}{(n-1)(bp-aq)}}\left[{\frac {(ax+b)^{m+1}}{(px+q)^{n-1}}}+a(n-m-2)I_{m,n-1}\right]\\-{\frac {1}{(n-m-1)p}}\left[{\frac {(ax+b)^{m}}{(px+q)^{n-1}}}+m(bp-aq)I_{m-1,n}\right]\\-{\frac {1}{(n-1)p}}\left[{\frac {(ax+b)^{m}}{(px+q)^{n-1}}}-amI_{m-1,n-1}\right]\end{cases}}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {(px+q)^{n}}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $\int (px+q)^{n}{\sqrt {ax+b}}\,{\text{d}}x={\frac {2(px+q)^{n+1}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}{p(2n+3)}}+{\frac {bp-aq}{p(2n+3)}}I_{n}\,\!$ $I_{n}={\frac {2(px+q)^{n}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}{a(2n+1)}}+{\frac {2n(aq-bp)}{a(2n+1)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{(px+q)^{n}{\sqrt {ax+b}}}}\,\!$ | $\int {\frac {\sqrt {ax+b}}{(px+q)^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x=-{\frac {\sqrt {ax+b}}{p(n-1)(px+q)^{n-1}}}+{\frac {a}{2p(n-1)}}I_{n}\,\!$ $I_{n}=-{\frac {\sqrt {ax+b}}{(n-1)(aq-bp)(px+q)^{n-1}}}+{\frac {a(2n-3)}{2(n-1)(aq-bp)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{(x^{2}+a^{2})^{n}}}\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {x}{2a^{2}(n-1)(x^{2}+a^{2})^{n-1}}}+{\frac {2n-3}{2a^{2}(n-1)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n,m}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{x^{m}(x^{2}+a^{2})^{n}}}\,\!$ | $a^{2}I_{n,m}=I_{m,n-1}-I_{m-2,n}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n,m}=\int {\frac {x^{m}}{(x^{2}+a^{2})^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n,m}=I_{m-2,n-1}-a^{2}I_{m-2,n}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{(x^{2}-a^{2})^{n}}}\,\!$ | $I_{n}=-{\frac {x}{2a^{2}(n-1)(x^{2}-a^{2})^{n-1}}}-{\frac {2n-3}{2a^{2}(n-1)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n,m}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{x^{m}(x^{2}-a^{2})^{n}}}\,\!$ | ${a^{2}}I_{n,m}=I_{m-2,n}-I_{m,n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n,m}=\int {\frac {x^{m}}{(x^{2}-a^{2})^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n,m}=I_{m-2,n-1}+a^{2}I_{m-2,n}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{(a^{2}-x^{2})^{n}}}\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {x}{2a^{2}(n-1)(a^{2}-x^{2})^{n-1}}}+{\frac {2n-3}{2a^{2}(n-1)}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n,m}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{x^{m}(a^{2}-x^{2})^{n}}}\,\!$ | ${a^{2}}I_{n,m}=I_{m,n-1}+I_{m-2,n}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n,m}=\int {\frac {x^{m}}{(a^{2}-x^{2})^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n,m}=a^{2}I_{m-2,n}-I_{m-2,n-1}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{{x^{n}}(ax^{2}+bx+c)}}\,\!$ | $-cI_{n}={\frac {1}{x^{n-1}(n-1)}}+bI_{n-1}+aI_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {x^{m}\,{\text{d}}x}{(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n}}}\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}=-{\frac {x^{m-1}}{a(2n-m-1)(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n-1}}}-{\frac {b(n-m)}{a(2n-m-1)}}I_{m-1,n}+{\frac {c(m-1)}{a(2n-m-1)}}I_{m-2,n}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{x^{m}(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n}}}\,\!$ | $-c(m-1)I_{m,n}={\frac {1}{x^{m-1}(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n-1}}}+{a(m+2n-3)}I_{m-2,n}+{b(m+n-2)}I_{m-1,n}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int (ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $8a(n+1)I_{n+{\frac {1}{2}}}=2(2ax+b)(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n+{\frac {1}{2}}}+(2n+1)(4ac-b^{2})I_{n-{\frac {1}{2}}}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {1}{(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $(2n-1)(4ac-b^{2})I_{n+{\frac {1}{2}}}={\frac {2(2ax+b)}{(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{n-{\frac {1}{2}}}}}+{8a(n-1)}I_{n-{\frac {1}{2}}}\,\!$ |

note that by the laws of indices:

    $I_{n+{\frac {1}{2}}}=I_{\frac {2n+1}{2}}=\int {\frac {1}{(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{\frac {2n+1}{2}}}}\,{\text{d}}x=\int {\frac {1}{\sqrt {(ax^{2}+bx+c)^{2n+1}}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$

### Transcendental functions

The following integrals contain:

* Factors of sine
* Factors of cosine
* Factors of sine and cosine products and quotients
* Products/quotients of exponential factors and powers of x
* Products of exponential and sine/cosine factors

| Integral | Reduction formula |
| - | - |
| $I_{n}=\int x^{n}\sin {ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $a^{2}I_{n}=-ax^{n}\cos {ax}+nx^{n-1}\sin {ax}-n(n-1)I_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $J_{n}=\int x^{n}\cos {ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $a^{2}J_{n}=ax^{n}\sin {ax}+nx^{n-1}\cos {ax}-n(n-1)J_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {\sin {ax}}{x^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ $J_{n}=\int {\frac {\cos {ax}}{x^{n}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n}=-{\frac {\sin {ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}+{\frac {a}{n-1}}J_{n-1}\,\!$ $J_{n}=-{\frac {\cos {ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}-{\frac {a}{n-1}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ the formulae can be combined to obtain separate equations in $I_n:$ $J_{n-1}=-{\frac {\cos {ax}}{(n-2)x^{n-2}}}-{\frac {a}{n-2}}I_{n-2}\,\!$ $I_{n}=-{\frac {\sin {ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}-{\frac {a}{n-1}}\left[{\frac {\cos {ax}}{(n-2)x^{n-2}}}+{\frac {a}{n-2}}I_{n-2}\right]\,\!$ $\therefore I_{n}=-{\frac {\sin {ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}-{\frac {a}{(n-1)(n-2)}}\left({\frac {\cos {ax}}{x^{n-2}}}+aI_{n-2}\right)\,\!$ and $J_n:$ $I_{n-1}=-{\frac {\sin {ax}}{(n-2)x^{n-2}}}+{\frac {a}{n-2}}J_{n-2}\,\!$ $J_{n}=-{\frac {\cos {ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}-{\frac {a}{n-1}}\left[-{\frac {\sin {ax}}{(n-2)x^{n-2}}}+{\frac {a}{n-2}}J_{n-2}\right]\,\!$ $\therefore J_{n}=-{\frac {\cos {ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}-{\frac {a}{(n-1)(n-2)}}\left(-{\frac {\sin {ax}}{x^{n-2}}}+aJ_{n-2}\right)\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int \sin ^{n}{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $anI_{n}=-\sin ^{n-1}{ax}\cos {ax}+a(n-1)I_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $J_{n}=\int \cos ^{n}{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $anJ_{n}=\sin {ax}\cos ^{n-1}{ax}+a(n-1)J_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{\sin ^{n}{ax}}}\,\!$ | $(n-1)I_{n}=-{\frac {\cos {ax}}{a\sin ^{n-1}{ax}}}+(n-2)I_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $J_{n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{\cos ^{n}{ax}}}\,\!$ | $(n-1)J_{n}={\frac {\sin {ax}}{a\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}}+(n-2)J_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{m,n}=\int \sin ^{m}{ax}\cos ^{n}{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}={\begin{cases}-{\frac {\sin ^{m-1}{ax}\cos ^{n+1}{ax}}{a(m+n)}}+{\frac {m-1}{m+n}}I_{m-2,n}\\{\frac {\sin ^{m+1}{ax}\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}{a(m+n)}}+{\frac {n-1}{m+n}}I_{m,n-2}\\\end{cases}}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {{\text{d}}x}{\sin ^{m}{ax}\cos ^{n}{ax}}}\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}={\begin{cases}{\frac {1}{a(n-1)\sin ^{m-1}{ax}\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}}+{\frac {m+n-2}{n-1}}I_{m,n-2}\\-{\frac {1}{a(m-1)\sin ^{m-1}{ax}\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}}+{\frac {m+n-2}{m-1}}I_{m-2,n}\\\end{cases}}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {\sin ^{m}{ax}}{\cos ^{n}{ax}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}={\begin{cases}{\frac {\sin ^{m-1}{ax}}{a(n-1)\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}}-{\frac {m-1}{n-1}}I_{m-2,n-2}\\{\frac {\sin ^{m+1}{ax}}{a(n-1)\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}}-{\frac {m-n+2}{n-1}}I_{m,n-2}\\-{\frac {\sin ^{m-1}{ax}}{a(m-n)\cos ^{n-1}{ax}}}+{\frac {m-1}{m-n}}I_{m-2,n}\\\end{cases}}\,\!$ |
| $I_{m,n}=\int {\frac {\cos ^{m}{ax}}{\sin ^{n}{ax}}}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{m,n}={\begin{cases}-{\frac {\cos ^{m-1}{ax}}{a(n-1)\sin ^{n-1}{ax}}}-{\frac {m-1}{n-1}}I_{m-2,n-2}\\-{\frac {\cos ^{m+1}{ax}}{a(n-1)\sin ^{n-1}{ax}}}-{\frac {m-n+2}{n-1}}I_{m,n-2}\\{\frac {\cos ^{m-1}{ax}}{a(m-n)\sin ^{n-1}{ax}}}+{\frac {m-1}{m-n}}I_{m-2,n}\\\end{cases}}\,\!$ |
| Integral | Reduction formula |
| $I_{n}=\int x^{n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ $n>0\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {x^{n}e^{ax}}{a}}-{\frac {n}{a}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int x^{-n}e^{ax}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ $n>0\,\!$ $n\neq 1\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {-e^{ax}}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}+{\frac {a}{n-1}}I_{n-1}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int e^{ax}\sin ^{n}{bx}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {e^{ax}\sin ^{n-1}{bx}}{a^{2}+(bn)^{2}}}\left(a\sin bx-bn\cos bx\right)+{\frac {n(n-1)b^{2}}{a^{2}+(bn)^{2}}}I_{n-2}\,\!$ |
| $I_{n}=\int e^{ax}\cos ^{n}{bx}\,{\text{d}}x\,\!$ | $I_{n}={\frac {e^{ax}\cos ^{n-1}{bx}}{a^{2}+(bn)^{2}}}\left(a\cos bx+bn\sin bx\right)+{\frac {n(n-1)b^{2}}{a^{2}+(bn)^{2}}}I_{n-2}\,\!$ |
