Integral of \( \displaystyle \left(x + 1\right) \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)} \)
Problem 4.163 · medium
Find \( \displaystyle \int \left(x + 1\right) \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)} \, dx \). (Omit the constant of integration.)
- \[ \int \left(x + 1\right) \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)}\, dx \]integralStart with the integral of the given function.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int \left(x \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)}\right)\, dx \]algebraDistribute the term (x + 1) into the cosine.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int x \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)}\, dx + \int \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)}\, dx \]linearitySplit the integral into two separate integrals.✓ Proved
- \[ = \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \int x \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)}\, dx \]antiderivativeIntegrate the second term cos(x + 1).✓ Proved
- \[ = x \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} - \int \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)}\, dx \]partsApply integration by parts to the first term with u = x and dv = cos(x + 1)dx.✓ Proved
- \[ = x \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)} \]antiderivative algebraIntegrate sin(x + 1). Simplify the signs.✓ Proved
- \[ = \left(x + 1\right) \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)} \]algebraFactor out sin(x + 1) to get the final form.✓ Proved
Answer \( x \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \sin{\left(x + 1 \right)} + \cos{\left(x + 1 \right)} + C \)
✓ Nihil obstat 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. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation.
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 |
| 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: pass
Every verdict on record (4)
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-29gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-29qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-29 — The solution correctly applies integration by parts and standard antiderivatives. 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.