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Edit: clarify question

The integrand looks kind of like a gamma density function, and kind of like a beta density function, so maybe it has a somewhat nice solution?

$\int e^{ax} x^b (1-x)^c \mathrm{dx}$

Wolfram alpha does not want to do it.

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    Hint: $\int e^{ax}x^b(1-x)^c~dx=\int_0^xx^b(1-x)^ce^{ax}~dx+C=\int_0^xt^b(1-t)^ce^{at}~dt+C=\int_0^1(xt)^b(1-xt)^ce^{axt}~d(xt)+C=x^{b+1}\int_0^1t^b(1-xt)^ce^{axt}~dt+C$2014-05-27

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You can expand out the $(1-x)^c$ to get terms of the form $\int e^{ax}x^n dx$. Wolfram Alpha then gives a solution in terms of the incomplete Gamma function. This is a form that can be integrated by parts-set $dv=e^{ax}dx, u=x^n$ and step down the exponents, giving $\int e^{ax}x^n dx=\frac {x^n e^{ax}}a -\frac na \int x^{n-1}e^{ax}dx$

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    You could try a binomial series, but that would only work if $x$ was sufficiently small.2012-08-21
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$\int e^{ax}x^b(1-x)^c~dx$

$=\int_0^xx^b(1-x)^ce^{ax}~dx+C$

$=\int_0^xt^b(1-t)^ce^{at}~dt+C$

$=\int_0^1(xt)^b(1-xt)^ce^{axt}~d(xt)+C$

$=x^{b+1}\int_0^1t^b(1-xt)^ce^{axt}~dt+C$

$=\dfrac{x^{b+1}\Phi_1(b+1,-c,b+2;x,ax)}{b+1}+C$ (according to About the confluent versions of Appell Hypergeometric Function and Lauricella Functions)