Primitive of Reciprocal of x by x squared minus a squared

Theorem

 * $\displaystyle \int \frac {\d x} {x \paren {x^2 - a^2} } = \frac 1 {2 a^2} \, \map \ln {\frac {x^2 - a^2} {x^2} } + C$

for $x^2 > a^2$.

Also see

 * Primitive of $\dfrac 1 {x \paren {a^2 - x^2} }$