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Integrating Rational Functions

A rational function, you'll recall, is a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both polynomials. Sometimes it is easy to integrate these with a simple substitution, but more often, some work needs to be done so as to massage them into a form where substitution will help.





Vector Calculus
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