Wallis Formula
Wallis Formula
TRIGONOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION
WALLI’S FORMULA
OBJECTIVES:
• recall and apply the different trigonometric
identities in transforming powers of sine and
cosine; and
• use Walli’s Formula to shorten the solution in
finding the antiderivative of powers of sine and
cosine
Walli ' sFormula
m 1 m 3 ...... n 1 n 3
sin cos d
2 m n
0 m n m n 2 m n 4 .........
when m and n are even
where 2
otherwise 1
EXAMPLE Evaluate the following integrals.
1 7 5 31
x dx 3
8 2
1. 2
3 cos x sin
0 10 8 6 4 2 2
𝟐𝟏 𝝅
¿
𝟓𝟏𝟐
2 6 4 2
x dx 8 1
7 3
2. 2
8 cos x sin
0 10 8 6 4 2
𝟏
¿
𝟓
𝝅 𝝅
𝟔 𝟐
𝟏
𝟑 .∫ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟖 𝟑 𝒙 𝒅𝒙 ¿ ∫ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟖 𝒖 𝒅𝒖
𝟎 𝟑 𝟎
𝟏 ( 𝟕 ) (𝟓 ) ( 𝟑 ) ( 𝟏 ) 𝝅
letu 3 x; du 3dx
¿ ∙ ∙
𝟑 ( 𝟖) ( 𝟔) (𝟒 ) (𝟐) 𝟐
when x 0; u 0
3
when x ;u 𝟑𝟓 𝝅
6 6 2 ¿
𝟕𝟔𝟖
𝝅 𝝅
𝟒 𝟐
𝟕 𝟏 𝟕
𝟒 .∫ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐 𝒙 𝒅𝒙 ¿ ∫ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒖 𝒅𝒖
𝟎 𝟐 𝟎
letu 2 x; du 2 dx 𝟏 (𝟔 )( 𝟒) ( 𝟐)
¿ ∙ ∙𝟏
when x 0 ; u 0 𝟐 ( 𝟕 ) ( 𝟓 ) ( 𝟑 ) (𝟏 )
2
when x ; u
4 4 2
𝟒𝟖
¿
𝟏𝟎𝟓