Integral of \( \displaystyle \left(x + 1\right)^{2} e^{x + 1} \)
Problem 4.147 · medium
Find \( \displaystyle \int \left(x + 1\right)^{2} e^{x + 1} \, dx \). (Omit the constant of integration.)
- \[ \int \left(x + 1\right)^{2} e^{x + 1}\, dx \]integralStart with the integral of the given function.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int \left(x^{2} + 2 x + 1\right) e^{x + 1}\, dx \]algebraExpand the squared term.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int 2 x e^{x + 1}\, dx + \int x^{2} e^{x + 1}\, dx + \int e^{x + 1}\, dx \]linearitySplit the integral into three parts.✓ Proved
- \[ = e^{x + 1} + \int 2 x e^{x + 1}\, dx + \int x^{2} e^{x + 1}\, dx \]antiderivativeIntegrate the constant term.✓ Proved
- \[ = 2 x e^{x + 1} + e^{x + 1} + \int x^{2} e^{x + 1}\, dx - \int 2 e^{x + 1}\, dx \]partsApply integration by parts to the second term.✓ Proved
- \[ = 2 x e^{x + 1} - e^{x + 1} + \int x^{2} e^{x + 1}\, dx \]antiderivative simplifyIntegrate the remaining exponential term. Combine like terms.✓ Proved
- \[ = x^{2} e^{x + 1} + 2 x e^{x + 1} - e^{x + 1} - \int 2 x e^{x + 1}\, dx \]partsApply integration by parts to the first term.✓ Proved
- \[ = x^{2} e^{x + 1} - e^{x + 1} + \int 2 e^{x + 1}\, dx \]partsApply integration by parts to the integral term.✓ Proved
- \[ = x^{2} e^{x + 1} + e^{x + 1} \]antiderivative simplifyIntegrate the remaining exponential term. Combine all terms.✓ Proved
Answer \( \left(x^{2} + 1\right) e^{x + 1} + C \)
Every line of this solution was proved by the computer algebra system SymPy. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. The reviewers disagree about how one step is explained; every verdict is in the receipt.
The full receipt
| Line | Status | Checked by | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | line 1 is the problem as stated |
| 2 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 3 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 4 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 5 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 6 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 7 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 8 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 9 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 10 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 11 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| answer | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | final line against the stated answer: simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| answer, a second way | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | SymPy differentiated the stated antiderivative back to the integrand |
Reviewers
gpt-oss:20b: passqwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) — Step 9 is mathematically incorrect; it applies integration by parts to an integral that was already evaluated in Step 6, resulting in a double-counting error that leads to the wrong final answer.
Every verdict on record (4)
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) 2026-09-29 — Step 9 is mathematically incorrect; it applies integration by parts to an integral that was already evaluated in Step 6, resulting in a double-counting error that leads to the wrong final answer.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-29qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-29 — The solution correctly applies integration by parts and algebraic simplification to reach the stated answer. Each step changes only one aspect of the expression and uses valid labels from the fixed vocabulary.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-29
Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate
method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence,
not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by
gemma4:26b, checked 2026-09-29 with SymPy 1.14.0.