∫Calc Practice

Integrals giving inverse trig functions

Problem 4.501 · easy

Evaluate \( \displaystyle \int \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^{2}}}\, dx \).
  1. This is c·∫ dx/√(a² − x²) with a = 1.
    Reviewed
  2. \[ \frac{d}{d x} \operatorname{asin}{\left(x \right)} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^{2}}} \]
    An antiderivative is asin(x); differentiate to confirm.✓ Proved
Answer \( \operatorname{asin}{\left(x \right)} + C \)

✓ Nihil obstat Lines: 1 proved, 1 reviewed. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation.

The full receipt
LineStatusChecked byDetail
1Reviewedreviewers: gpt-oss:20b, qwen3.6:27b-mlxa sentence; read, not computed
2✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
answer, a second way✓ Checked independentlysympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0difference quotient of the answer at x = -0.9

Reviewers

  • gpt-oss:20b: pass
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The solution correctly identifies the standard integral form and verifies the result via differentiation. The logic is sound and complete.
Every verdict on record (4)
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-06
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-06 — The solution correctly identifies the standard integral form and verifies the result via differentiation. The logic is sound and complete.
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-06
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-06 — The solution correctly identifies the standard integral form and verifies the result via differentiation. The logic is sound and the steps are valid.

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 generator:structured/inverse_trig_integral, checked 2026-10-06 with SymPy 1.14.0.