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Indefinite Integrals of $trig^2(x)$

Index

\[\begin{aligned} & \int \sin^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = \dfrac{x}{2} - \dfrac{\sin(2x)}{4} + C \\ & \int \cos^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = \dfrac{x}{2} + \dfrac{\sin(2x)}{4} + C \\ & \int \tan^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = \tan(x) - x + C \\ & \int \cot^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = -\cot(x) - x + C \\ & \int \sec^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = \tan(x) + C \\ & \int \csc^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = -\cot(x) + C \end{aligned}\]

sin

\[\begin{aligned} \sin^2(x) &= \dfrac{1-\cos(2x)}{2} \\ \therefore \int \sin^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x &= \int \dfrac{1-\cos(2x)}{2} \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \dfrac{1}{2} \int (1-\cos(2x)) \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \dfrac{1}{2} \left( x - \dfrac{\sin(2x)}{2} \right) + C \\ &= \dfrac{x}{2} - \dfrac{\sin(2x)}{4} + C \end{aligned}\]

cos

\[\begin{aligned} \cos^2(x) &= \dfrac{1+\cos(2x)}{2} \\ \therefore \int \cos^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x &= \int \dfrac{1+\cos(2x)}{2} \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \dfrac{1}{2} \int (1+\cos(2x)) \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \dfrac{1}{2} \left( x + \dfrac{\sin(2x)}{2} \right) + C \\ &= \dfrac{x}{2} + \dfrac{\sin(2x)}{4} + C \end{aligned}\]

tan

\[\begin{aligned} \int \tan^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x &= \int (\sec^2(x) - 1) \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \int \sec^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x - \int 1 \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \tan(x) - x + C \end{aligned}\]

cot

\[\begin{aligned} \int \cot^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x &= \int (\csc^2(x) - 1) \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= \int \csc^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x - \int 1 \,\mathrm{d}x \\ &= -\cot(x) - x + C \end{aligned}\]

sec

\[\begin{aligned} \dfrac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\tan(x) &= \sec^2(x) \\ \therefore \int \sec^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x &= \tan(x) + C \end{aligned}\]

csc

\[\begin{aligned} \dfrac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\cot(x) &= -\csc^2(x) \\ \therefore \int \csc^2(x) \,\mathrm{d}x &= -\cot(x) + C \end{aligned}\]