Does this integral have an analytical solution?

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dullard

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dx/(x²*A*(ln(x)+B))

A and B are constants.

I don't want anyone wasting hours (including me). But if you have a computer program that can do it in a few seconds of effort, I'd like to know.

Solving it numerically is simple. I'd like to avoid that if possible. No matter how ugly the final answer.
 
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chuckywang

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Let u = ln(x) + B, then du = dx/x

So the integral becomes: e^(B-u)/u du

I think that's a lot easier to integrate.
 

dullard

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Chuckywang's subsitution gave RapidSnail's result, which matches Wolfram's result from iCyborg's link.

I think I have it. That was the easy one, now to see if I can do the harder one. I'll use Wolfram for that.
 
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