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1/cos^3x

Integral of 1/cos^3x dx

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$$\int\limits_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}\, dx$$
Integral(1/(cos(x)^3), (x, 0, 1))
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 |    1             log(-1 + sin(x))   log(1 + sin(x))       sin(x)    
 | ------- dx = C - ---------------- + --------------- - --------------
 |    3                    4                  4                    2   
 | cos (x)                                               -2 + 2*sin (x)
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$$\int \frac{1}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}\, dx = C - \frac{\log{\left(\sin{\left(x \right)} - 1 \right)}}{4} + \frac{\log{\left(\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1 \right)}}{4} - \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{2 \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} - 2}$$
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  log(1 - sin(1))   log(1 + sin(1))       sin(1)    
- --------------- + --------------- - --------------
         4                 4                    2   
                                      -2 + 2*sin (1)
$$\frac{\log{\left(\sin{\left(1 \right)} + 1 \right)}}{4} - \frac{\log{\left(1 - \sin{\left(1 \right)} \right)}}{4} - \frac{\sin{\left(1 \right)}}{-2 + 2 \sin^{2}{\left(1 \right)}}$$
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  log(1 - sin(1))   log(1 + sin(1))       sin(1)    
- --------------- + --------------- - --------------
         4                 4                    2   
                                      -2 + 2*sin (1)
$$\frac{\log{\left(\sin{\left(1 \right)} + 1 \right)}}{4} - \frac{\log{\left(1 - \sin{\left(1 \right)} \right)}}{4} - \frac{\sin{\left(1 \right)}}{-2 + 2 \sin^{2}{\left(1 \right)}}$$
-log(1 - sin(1))/4 + log(1 + sin(1))/4 - sin(1)/(-2 + 2*sin(1)^2)
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Integral of 1/cos^3x dx

    Use the examples entering the upper and lower limits of integration.