Section 17.1
Practical review order
- Simplify algebraically.
- Check if there is an immediate substitution.
- Recognize a basic formula.
- Use trigonometric identities if appropriate.
- Try integration by parts.
- Factor and use partial fractions.
- Complete the square or apply trigonometric substitution.
- Determine if the integral is improper.
- If there is no elementary form, consider numerical approximation or special functions.