Integration by Parts

Integration by parts is probably the most important technique of integration after $u$-substitution.  Integration by parts works when your integrand contains a function multiplied by the derivative of another function.  The formula is

Integration by Parts
$$\int f(x)g'(x) \, dx = f(x)g(x) - \int g(x)f'(x)\, dx.$$

This is cumbersome, so we usually abbreviate by $u=f(x), v=g(x)$ so that $du=f'(x)\,dx$ and $dv=g'(x)\,dx$.  Then our formula becomes
Integration by Parts
$$\int u \, dv = uv - \int v\, du.$$
You must learn this formula.



Integration by parts is derived directly from the product rule as you will see in the video.