How do I go about integrating sin[x^(1/3)]dx?? I tried doing integration by parts and I'm going in circles.

let x^(1/3) = w

w^3 = x
dx = 3w^2 dw
The integral becomes
3 *INTEGRAL w^2 sin w dw
The integral of that is in my table of integrals and it looks like you need to apply integration by parts twice to get it.

I GOT IT! Thank you so so much for guiding me in the right direction!!

I'm sure glad you had the satisfaction of solving it; I was just too lazy to do the whole thing.

To integrate the function sin[x^(1/3)]dx, you can try a different approach by making a substitution. Let's start from the beginning:

1. First, let's make a substitution to simplify the integral. Let u = x^(1/3). This implies du/dx = (1/3)x^(-2/3). Rearranging the equation, we get dx = 3u^2du.

2. Now substitute these values into the integral. We have:

∫sin[x^(1/3)]dx = ∫sin(u) * 3u^2 du.

3. Next, we can use integration by parts to integrate this new function ∫sin(u) * 3u^2 du. The formula for integration by parts is:

∫u * dv = u * v - ∫v * du,

where u and v are functions of u, and du and dv are their derivatives with respect to u.

4. Let's assign u = 3u^2 and dv = sin(u) du. Taking derivatives, we find du = 6u du and v = -cos(u).

5. Using the integration by parts formula, we can evaluate the integral:

∫sin(u) * 3u^2 du = (3u^2)(-cos(u)) - ∫(-cos(u))(6u du).

6. The next step is to simplify and integrate the remaining integral:

= -3u^2cos(u) + 6∫u cos(u) du.

7. At this point, we are left with another integral ∫u cos(u) du, which requires further evaluation.

To solve this integral, you can again use integration by parts by assigning u = u and dv = cos(u) du. By taking derivatives, you get du = du and v = sin(u).

8. Applying the integration by parts formula once again, we have:

∫u cos(u) du = (u)(sin(u)) - ∫sin(u) du.

9. The new integral reduces to ∫sin(u) du, which we know is equal to -cos(u). Hence:

∫u cos(u) du = (u)(sin(u)) - ∫sin(u) du
= (u)(sin(u)) + cos(u) + C,

where C is the constant of integration.

10. Plugging this result back into our previous integral, we have:

-3u^2cos(u) + 6∫u cos(u) du = -3u^2cos(u) + 6[(u)(sin(u)) + cos(u)] + C.

11. Finally, substitute back u = x^(1/3) to get the final answer:

∫sin[x^(1/3)]dx = -3(x^(1/3))^2cos(x^(1/3)) + 6[x^(1/3)sin(x^(1/3)) + cos(x^(1/3))] + C.

Please note that C represents the constant of integration and should be included at the end of the answer.