What is the antiderivative of (cos(x))^1/2?

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What is the antiderivative of (cos(x))^1/2?

2007-02-02 10:00:05 · 2 answers · asked by John L 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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This is an ellliptic integral of the second kind. Just paste the following into the integrator at the link provided below:

Sqrt[Cos[x]]

http://integrals.wolfram.com/index.jsp

2007-02-03 19:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by Northstar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I think it's

(2/3)(sin(x))^(3/2)

I'm not positive because we just started them but that is how we did them in class like 3 days ago.

2007-02-02 19:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋