Integrating arcsin x

To evaluate  
\[\int^1_0 sin^{-1} xdx\]
  consider the following graph.

Obviously  
\[A+B= \frac{\pi}{2}\]
, but  
\[A=\int^1_0 sin^{-1} y dy, \; B=\int^{\pi /2}_0 sinxdx\]
  so  
\[\int^1_0 sin^{-1} y dy= \frac{\pi}{2} -\int^{\pi /2}_0 sinxdx=\frac{\pi}{2}- \frac{\pi}{2} - [-cosx]^{\pi /2}_0 =\frac{\pi}{2}-1\]

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