There's an integral I've no idea how to solve. Even Wolfram|Alpha gives a very odd result.
$\int \frac{\sqrt{1 - x^2} + \sqrt{1 + x^2}}{\sqrt{1 - x^4}}dx$
Difficult integral?
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calculus
integration
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8What have you tried? Where did you get stuck? Where is this problem from? Did you notice that $1-x^4 = (1-x^2)(1+x^2)$? – 2011-04-10
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Have you tried to take apart the integrand into two fractions? This immediately gives $\int \left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + x^2}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \right) \, dx = \sinh^{-1} (x) + \sin^{-1} (x) + C.$