How do you integrate ln(t+1)?

1 Answer
May 23, 2016

tln(t+1)- t + ln(t+1)+C

Explanation:

The trick is to use integration by parts. That is we can re write the integral by making use of:

int uv' dt = uv -int u'vdt

We have:

intln(t+1)dt

Consider:

int1.ln(t+1)dt

Set: u = ln(t+1) -> u' = 1/(t+1)

and v' = 1 -> v =t

We can now re write this integral as:

tln(t+1) - intt/(t+1)dt

=tln(t+1) - int(t+1-1)/(t+1)dt

=tln(t+1) - int1 - 1/(t+1)dt

Which will finally give us:

tln(t+1) - t +ln(t+1) +C