What is the integral of ln(sqrt(x))?

1 Answer
May 2, 2015

By part :

intln(sqrt(x))dx

du = 1
u = x

v = ln(sqrt(x))
dv = 1/(2x)

[xln(sqrt(x))]-1/2intdx

[xln(sqrt(x))-1/2x]

don't forget ln(a^b) = bln(a)

[1/2xln(x)-1/2x]

factorize by 1/2x and don't forget the constant !

[1/2x(ln(x)-1)+C]