Primitive of Reciprocal of 1 minus Sine of a x/Corollary 2

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Theorem

$\ds \int \frac {\d x} {1 - \sin x} = -\map \cot {\frac x 2 - \frac \pi 4} + C$


Proof

\(\ds \int \frac {\d x} {1 - \sin a x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \map \tan {\frac x 2 + \frac \pi 4} + C\) Primitive of $\dfrac 1 {1 - \sin x}$: Tangent form
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac \pi 2 - \map \cot {\frac \pi 4 + \frac x 2} + C\) setting $a \gets 1$
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \)




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