16.82 Problem number 779

\[ \int \frac {\sqrt {a+c x^4}}{x^8} \, dx \]

Optimal antiderivative \[ -\frac {\sqrt {c \,x^{4}+a}}{7 x^{7}}-\frac {2 c \sqrt {c \,x^{4}+a}}{21 a \,x^{3}}-\frac {c^{\frac {7}{4}} \sqrt {\frac {\cos \left (4 \arctan \left (\frac {c^{\frac {1}{4}} x}{a^{\frac {1}{4}}}\right )\right )}{2}+\frac {1}{2}}\, \EllipticF \left (\sin \left (2 \arctan \left (\frac {c^{\frac {1}{4}} x}{a^{\frac {1}{4}}}\right )\right ), \frac {\sqrt {2}}{2}\right ) \left (\sqrt {a}+x^{2} \sqrt {c}\right ) \sqrt {\frac {c \,x^{4}+a}{\left (\sqrt {a}+x^{2} \sqrt {c}\right )^{2}}}}{21 \cos \left (2 \arctan \left (\frac {c^{\frac {1}{4}} x}{a^{\frac {1}{4}}}\right )\right ) a^{\frac {5}{4}} \sqrt {c \,x^{4}+a}} \]

command

integrate((c*x^4+a)^(1/2)/x^8,x, algorithm="fricas")

Fricas 1.3.8 (sbcl 2.2.11.debian) via sagemath 9.6 output

\[ \frac {2 \, \sqrt {a} c x^{7} \left (-\frac {c}{a}\right )^{\frac {3}{4}} {\rm ellipticF}\left (x \left (-\frac {c}{a}\right )^{\frac {1}{4}}, -1\right ) - {\left (2 \, c x^{4} + 3 \, a\right )} \sqrt {c x^{4} + a}}{21 \, a x^{7}} \]

Fricas 1.3.7 via sagemath 9.3 output

\[ {\rm integral}\left (\frac {\sqrt {c x^{4} + a}}{x^{8}}, x\right ) \]