Primitive of Cube of Sine Function/Proof 1

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Theorem

$\ds \int \sin^3 x \rd x = \frac {\cos^3 x} 3 - \cos x + C$


Proof

From Primitive of $\sin^3 a x$:

$\ds \int \sin^3 a x \rd x = -\frac {\cos a x} a + \frac {\cos^3 a x} {3 a} + C$


The result follows by setting $a = 1$.

$\blacksquare$