5.5 The Substitution Rule/37

$\int \cot(x)dx=\int {\frac {\cos(x)}{\sin(x)}}dx$

${\begin{aligned}u&=\sin(x)\\[2ex]du&=\cos(x)\;dx\\[2ex]\end{aligned}}$

${\begin{aligned}\int {\frac {\cos(x)}{\sin(x)}}dx&=\int {\frac {1}{\sin(x)}}\cos(x)dx=\int {\frac {1}{\sqrt {3ax+bx^{3}}}}(a+bx^{2}\;dx)\ \\[2ex]&={\frac {1}{3}}\int {\frac {1}{\sqrt {u}}}(du)={\frac {1}{3}}\int u^{-1/2}du\\[2ex]&={\frac {1}{3}}{\frac {u^{\frac {1}{2}}}{\frac {1}{2}}}+C\\[2ex]&={\frac {2}{3}}(3ax+bx^{3})^{1/2}+C\\[2ex]&={\frac {2}{3}}{\sqrt {3ax+bx^{3}}}+C\end{aligned}}$