Evaluate the following integral:

Question:

Evaluate the following integral:

$\int \frac{x^{2}+1}{x^{4}+x^{2}+1} d x$

Solution:

re-writing the given equation as

$\int \frac{1+\frac{1}{x^{2}}}{x^{2}+1+\frac{1}{x^{2}}} d x$

$\int \frac{1+\frac{1}{x^{2}}}{\left(x-\frac{1}{x}\right)^{2}+3} d x$

Let $\mathrm{x}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}$ as $\mathrm{t}$

$\left(1+\frac{1}{x^{2}}\right)=d t$

$\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+3} d t$

Using identity $\int \frac{1}{x^{2}+1} d x=\arctan (x)$

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \arctan \left(\frac{t}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c$

Substituting $\mathrm{t}$ as $\mathrm{x}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}$

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \arctan \left(\frac{\left(x-\frac{1}{x}\right)}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c$

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