How do you integrate exsecxdx using integration by parts?

1 Answer
Dec 14, 2016

Let u=secx and dv=exdx

Explanation:

Then

exsecxdx=exsecxexsecxtanxdx

Which WolframAlpha gives as:

=exsecx(1i)e(1+i)xl2F1(12i2,1;32i2;e2ix)

Where l2F1(a,b;c;x) is the hypergeometric function.