Primitive of Reciprocal of Root of a x + b by Root of p x + q/Lemma 1
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Lemma for Primitive of $\frac 1 {\sqrt {\paren {a x + b} \paren {p x + q} } }$
Let $u = \sqrt {a x + b}$.
Then:
- $\ds \sqrt {p x + q} = \sqrt {\paren {\frac p a} \paren {u^2 - \paren {\frac {b p - a q} p} } }$
Proof
We have:
\(\ds u\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sqrt {a x + b}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds x\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {u^2 - b} a\) | |||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \sqrt {p x + q}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sqrt {p \paren {\frac {u^2 - b} a} + q}\) | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sqrt {\frac {p \paren {u^2 - b} + a q} a}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sqrt {\frac {p u^2 - b p + a q} a}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sqrt {\paren {\frac p a} \paren {u^2 - \paren {\frac {b p - a q} p} } }\) |
$\blacksquare$