Tarun Khubchandani Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hey All! I just wanted to check, if a question asks us to integrate a function using integration by parts, do I strictly need to follow the formula booklet's formula for integration by parts, or may I use (the significantly faster) tabular integration by parts method? Also, does anyone have any specific tips on deciding whether to integrate a function by parts or use u-substitution? Thanks in advance! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) I think I know the table method you are referring to; that's also integration by parts and it's the same formula just expressed visually different. Usually it's quite obvious you are doing integrating by parts so you can get the method marks for those. These method marks are given even if work is not shown but you get the right answer. Just to be extra safe, you can always write "integrate by parts" to show you know what you are doing, but that's not necessary. Special trig u-substitutions are provided by IB. Eg. let u = a cos x. If the integrand can be written as g'(x) * f(g(x)) then u substitution works directly. like 2t * e^(t2) Typically when you have trig functions to power of 1 (cos x, sin x etc), or ln x or e^x, or x*f(x) or a combination, then by parts often works out nicely if direct antiderivative is hard to find. For many trig integrands you need some identities to express them in nice integrands. Edited April 13, 2016 by kw0573 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimateone Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 13 hours ago, Tarun Khubchandani said: Hey All! I just wanted to check, if a question asks us to integrate a function using integration by parts, do I strictly need to follow the formula booklet's formula for integration by parts, or may I use (the significantly faster) tabular integration by parts method? Also, does anyone have any specific tips on deciding whether to integrate a function by parts or use u-substitution? Thanks in advance! Integration by parts? Never came across that. Is it HL? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 5 minutes ago, ultimateone said: Integration by parts? Never came across that. Is it HL? Yes it is HL. This is after all, HL & Further subforum. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimateone Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 1 minute ago, kw0573 said: Yes it is HL. This is after all, HL & Further subforum. Ah yes, didn't notice that, sorry! I just saw it on the home page of the site. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart.M Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 We were Never taught the Tabular method, so I just stay strictly to the formula booklet, after all, it is like a bible to me. HAHA Any advice for a confidence booster? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibstudent081099 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Stewart.M said: We were Never taught the Tabular method, so I just stay strictly to the formula booklet, after all, it is like a bible to me. HAHA Any advice for a confidence booster? Same, the formula booklet is a life saver! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SNJERIN Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 58 minutes ago, ibstudent081099 said: Same, the formula booklet is a life saver! Seriously ?? I rarely use the formula booklet (expect sometime when I am too lazy to integral/differentiate standard functions) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibstudent081099 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, Haitham Wahid said: Seriously ?? I rarely use the formula booklet (expect sometime when I am too lazy to integral/differentiate standard functions) When I am stuck I go through the booklet and the majority of times I find the solution. Btw I am so worried for maths!!! (I need a 7) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SNJERIN Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, ibstudent081099 said: When I am stuck I go through the booklet and the majority of times I find the solution. Btw I am so worried for maths!!! (I need a 7) I understand what you mean! Well try to do as many exam questions as possible, specially on topics you feel weak at. For example, I had trouble with plane intersections but after doing hundreds of questions on this part of the syllabus they now seem very easy. So just keep on practising until the exam starts. Good luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibstudent081099 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 21 minutes ago, Haitham Wahid said: I understand what you mean! Well try to do as many exam questions as possible, specially on topics you feel weak at. For example, I had trouble with plane intersections but after doing hundreds of questions on this part of the syllabus they now seem very easy. So just keep on practising until the exam starts. Good luck! Yeah doing past papers is the best solution. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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