Primitive of x over Hyperbolic Cosine of a x

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Theorem

\(\ds \int \frac {x \rd x} {\cosh a x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \frac 1 {a^2} \sum_{n \mathop = 0}^\infty \frac {E_{2 n} \paren {a x}^{2 n + 2} } {\paren {2 n + 2} \paren {2 n}!} + C\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \frac 1 {a^2} \paren {\frac {\paren {a x}^2} 2 - \frac {\paren {a x}^4} 8 + \frac {5 \paren {a x}^6} {144} - \cdots } + C\)

where $E_{2 n}$ denotes the $2 n$th Euler number.


Proof

\(\ds \int \frac {x \rd x} {\cosh a x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \int x \sech a x \rd x\) Definition 2 of Hyperbolic Secant
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \frac 1 {a^2} \sum_{n \mathop = 0}^\infty \frac {E_{2 n} \paren {a x}^{2 n + 2} } {\paren {2 n + 2} \paren {2 n}!} + C\) Primitive of $x \sech a x$

$\blacksquare$


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