3.8.43 \(\int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} (a+c x^4)} \, dx\) [743]

3.8.43.1 Optimal result
3.8.43.2 Mathematica [A] (verified)
3.8.43.3 Rubi [A] (verified)
3.8.43.4 Maple [C] (verified)
3.8.43.5 Fricas [C] (verification not implemented)
3.8.43.6 Sympy [A] (verification not implemented)
3.8.43.7 Maxima [F]
3.8.43.8 Giac [B] (verification not implemented)
3.8.43.9 Mupad [B] (verification not implemented)

3.8.43.1 Optimal result

Integrand size = 15, antiderivative size = 287 \[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=\frac {\arctan \left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 \sqrt {2} (-a)^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (1+\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 \sqrt {2} (-a)^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\log \left (\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [4]{c} x\right )}{4 \sqrt {2} (-a)^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\log \left (\sqrt [4]{-a}+\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [4]{c} x\right )}{4 \sqrt {2} (-a)^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}} \]

output
-1/2*arctan(c^(1/8)*x^(1/2)/(-a)^(1/8))/(-a)^(7/8)/c^(1/8)-1/2*arctanh(c^( 
1/8)*x^(1/2)/(-a)^(1/8))/(-a)^(7/8)/c^(1/8)-1/4*arctan(-1+c^(1/8)*2^(1/2)* 
x^(1/2)/(-a)^(1/8))/(-a)^(7/8)/c^(1/8)*2^(1/2)-1/4*arctan(1+c^(1/8)*2^(1/2 
)*x^(1/2)/(-a)^(1/8))/(-a)^(7/8)/c^(1/8)*2^(1/2)+1/8*ln((-a)^(1/4)+c^(1/4) 
*x-(-a)^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*2^(1/2)*x^(1/2))/(-a)^(7/8)/c^(1/8)*2^(1/2)-1/8*ln(( 
-a)^(1/4)+c^(1/4)*x+(-a)^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*2^(1/2)*x^(1/2))/(-a)^(7/8)/c^(1/8) 
*2^(1/2)
 
3.8.43.2 Mathematica [A] (verified)

Time = 0.58 (sec) , antiderivative size = 239, normalized size of antiderivative = 0.83 \[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=\frac {-\sqrt {2+\sqrt {2}} \arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {1-\frac {1}{\sqrt {2}}} \left (\sqrt [4]{a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x\right )}{\sqrt [8]{a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}\right )-\sqrt {2-\sqrt {2}} \arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {1+\frac {1}{\sqrt {2}}} \left (\sqrt [4]{a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x\right )}{\sqrt [8]{a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}\right )+\sqrt {2+\sqrt {2}} \text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt {2+\sqrt {2}} \sqrt [8]{a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [4]{a}+\sqrt [4]{c} x}\right )+\sqrt {2-\sqrt {2}} \text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {-\left (\left (-2+\sqrt {2}\right ) x\right )}}{\sqrt [4]{a}+\sqrt [4]{c} x}\right )}{4 a^{7/8} \sqrt [8]{c}} \]

input
Integrate[1/(Sqrt[x]*(a + c*x^4)),x]
 
output
(-(Sqrt[2 + Sqrt[2]]*ArcTan[(Sqrt[1 - 1/Sqrt[2]]*(a^(1/4) - c^(1/4)*x))/(a 
^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])]) - Sqrt[2 - Sqrt[2]]*ArcTan[(Sqrt[1 + 1/Sqrt[2]]* 
(a^(1/4) - c^(1/4)*x))/(a^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])] + Sqrt[2 + Sqrt[2]]*ArcT 
anh[(Sqrt[2 + Sqrt[2]]*a^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])/(a^(1/4) + c^(1/4)*x)] + S 
qrt[2 - Sqrt[2]]*ArcTanh[(a^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[-((-2 + Sqrt[2])*x)])/(a^(1 
/4) + c^(1/4)*x)])/(4*a^(7/8)*c^(1/8))
 
3.8.43.3 Rubi [A] (verified)

Time = 0.55 (sec) , antiderivative size = 332, normalized size of antiderivative = 1.16, number of steps used = 14, number of rules used = 13, \(\frac {\text {number of rules}}{\text {integrand size}}\) = 0.867, Rules used = {851, 758, 755, 756, 218, 221, 1476, 1082, 217, 1479, 25, 27, 1103}

Below are the steps used by Rubi to obtain the solution. The rule number used for the transformation is given above next to the arrow. The rules definitions used are listed below.

\(\displaystyle \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 851

\(\displaystyle 2 \int \frac {1}{c x^4+a}d\sqrt {x}\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 758

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\int \frac {1}{\sqrt {-a}-\sqrt {c} x^2}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\int \frac {1}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 755

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\int \frac {1}{\sqrt {-a}-\sqrt {c} x^2}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{c} x+\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 756

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{c} x+\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {1}{\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\int \frac {1}{\sqrt [4]{c} x+\sqrt [4]{-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 218

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {1}{\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{c} x+\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 221

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{c} x+\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 1476

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\int \frac {1}{x-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{c}}+\frac {\int \frac {1}{x+\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 1082

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\int \frac {1}{-x-1}d\left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\int \frac {1}{-x-1}d\left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}+1\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 217

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}-\sqrt [4]{c} x}{\sqrt {c} x^2+\sqrt {-a}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}+1\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 1479

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {-\frac {\int -\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a}-2 \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c} \left (x-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}\right )}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\int -\frac {\sqrt {2} \left (\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [8]{-a}\right )}{\sqrt [8]{c} \left (x+\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}\right )}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}+1\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 25

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a}-2 \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c} \left (x-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}\right )}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt {2} \left (\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [8]{-a}\right )}{\sqrt [8]{c} \left (x+\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}\right )}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}+1\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 27

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a}-2 \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{x-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [4]{c}}+\frac {\int \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [8]{-a}}{x+\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\sqrt [4]{-a}}{\sqrt [4]{c}}}d\sqrt {x}}{2 \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [4]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}+1\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

\(\Big \downarrow \) 1103

\(\displaystyle 2 \left (-\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}+\frac {\text {arctanh}\left (\frac {\sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{2 (-a)^{3/8} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}-\frac {\frac {\frac {\arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}+1\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\arctan \left (1-\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{-a}}\right )}{\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}+\frac {\frac {\log \left (\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [4]{-a}+\sqrt [4]{c} x\right )}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}-\frac {\log \left (-\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c} \sqrt {x}+\sqrt [4]{-a}+\sqrt [4]{c} x\right )}{2 \sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{-a} \sqrt [8]{c}}}{2 \sqrt [4]{-a}}}{2 \sqrt {-a}}\right )\)

input
Int[1/(Sqrt[x]*(a + c*x^4)),x]
 
output
2*(-1/2*(ArcTan[(c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])/(-a)^(1/8)]/(2*(-a)^(3/8)*c^(1/8)) + Arc 
Tanh[(c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])/(-a)^(1/8)]/(2*(-a)^(3/8)*c^(1/8)))/Sqrt[-a] - ((-( 
ArcTan[1 - (Sqrt[2]*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])/(-a)^(1/8)]/(Sqrt[2]*(-a)^(1/8)*c^(1/ 
8))) + ArcTan[1 + (Sqrt[2]*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x])/(-a)^(1/8)]/(Sqrt[2]*(-a)^(1/8 
)*c^(1/8)))/(2*(-a)^(1/4)) + (-1/2*Log[(-a)^(1/4) - Sqrt[2]*(-a)^(1/8)*c^( 
1/8)*Sqrt[x] + c^(1/4)*x]/(Sqrt[2]*(-a)^(1/8)*c^(1/8)) + Log[(-a)^(1/4) + 
Sqrt[2]*(-a)^(1/8)*c^(1/8)*Sqrt[x] + c^(1/4)*x]/(2*Sqrt[2]*(-a)^(1/8)*c^(1 
/8)))/(2*(-a)^(1/4)))/(2*Sqrt[-a]))
 

3.8.43.3.1 Defintions of rubi rules used

rule 25
Int[-(Fx_), x_Symbol] :> Simp[Identity[-1]   Int[Fx, x], x]
 

rule 27
Int[(a_)*(Fx_), x_Symbol] :> Simp[a   Int[Fx, x], x] /; FreeQ[a, x] &&  !Ma 
tchQ[Fx, (b_)*(Gx_) /; FreeQ[b, x]]
 

rule 217
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^2)^(-1), x_Symbol] :> Simp[(-(Rt[-a, 2]*Rt[-b, 2])^( 
-1))*ArcTan[Rt[-b, 2]*(x/Rt[-a, 2])], x] /; FreeQ[{a, b}, x] && PosQ[a/b] & 
& (LtQ[a, 0] || LtQ[b, 0])
 

rule 218
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^2)^(-1), x_Symbol] :> Simp[(Rt[a/b, 2]/a)*ArcTan[x/R 
t[a/b, 2]], x] /; FreeQ[{a, b}, x] && PosQ[a/b]
 

rule 221
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^2)^(-1), x_Symbol] :> Simp[(Rt[-a/b, 2]/a)*ArcTanh[x 
/Rt[-a/b, 2]], x] /; FreeQ[{a, b}, x] && NegQ[a/b]
 

rule 755
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^4)^(-1), x_Symbol] :> With[{r = Numerator[Rt[a/b, 2] 
], s = Denominator[Rt[a/b, 2]]}, Simp[1/(2*r)   Int[(r - s*x^2)/(a + b*x^4) 
, x], x] + Simp[1/(2*r)   Int[(r + s*x^2)/(a + b*x^4), x], x]] /; FreeQ[{a, 
 b}, x] && (GtQ[a/b, 0] || (PosQ[a/b] && AtomQ[SplitProduct[SumBaseQ, a]] & 
& AtomQ[SplitProduct[SumBaseQ, b]]))
 

rule 756
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^4)^(-1), x_Symbol] :> With[{r = Numerator[Rt[-a/b, 2 
]], s = Denominator[Rt[-a/b, 2]]}, Simp[r/(2*a)   Int[1/(r - s*x^2), x], x] 
 + Simp[r/(2*a)   Int[1/(r + s*x^2), x], x]] /; FreeQ[{a, b}, x] &&  !GtQ[a 
/b, 0]
 

rule 758
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^(n_))^(-1), x_Symbol] :> With[{r = Numerator[Rt[-a/b 
, 2]], s = Denominator[Rt[-a/b, 2]]}, Simp[r/(2*a)   Int[1/(r - s*x^(n/2)), 
 x], x] + Simp[r/(2*a)   Int[1/(r + s*x^(n/2)), x], x]] /; FreeQ[{a, b}, x] 
 && IGtQ[n/4, 1] &&  !GtQ[a/b, 0]
 

rule 851
Int[((c_.)*(x_))^(m_)*((a_) + (b_.)*(x_)^(n_))^(p_), x_Symbol] :> With[{k = 
 Denominator[m]}, Simp[k/c   Subst[Int[x^(k*(m + 1) - 1)*(a + b*(x^(k*n)/c^ 
n))^p, x], x, (c*x)^(1/k)], x]] /; FreeQ[{a, b, c, p}, x] && IGtQ[n, 0] && 
FractionQ[m] && IntBinomialQ[a, b, c, n, m, p, x]
 

rule 1082
Int[((a_) + (b_.)*(x_) + (c_.)*(x_)^2)^(-1), x_Symbol] :> With[{q = 1 - 4*S 
implify[a*(c/b^2)]}, Simp[-2/b   Subst[Int[1/(q - x^2), x], x, 1 + 2*c*(x/b 
)], x] /; RationalQ[q] && (EqQ[q^2, 1] ||  !RationalQ[b^2 - 4*a*c])] /; Fre 
eQ[{a, b, c}, x]
 

rule 1103
Int[((d_) + (e_.)*(x_))/((a_.) + (b_.)*(x_) + (c_.)*(x_)^2), x_Symbol] :> S 
imp[d*(Log[RemoveContent[a + b*x + c*x^2, x]]/b), x] /; FreeQ[{a, b, c, d, 
e}, x] && EqQ[2*c*d - b*e, 0]
 

rule 1476
Int[((d_) + (e_.)*(x_)^2)/((a_) + (c_.)*(x_)^4), x_Symbol] :> With[{q = Rt[ 
2*(d/e), 2]}, Simp[e/(2*c)   Int[1/Simp[d/e + q*x + x^2, x], x], x] + Simp[ 
e/(2*c)   Int[1/Simp[d/e - q*x + x^2, x], x], x]] /; FreeQ[{a, c, d, e}, x] 
 && EqQ[c*d^2 - a*e^2, 0] && PosQ[d*e]
 

rule 1479
Int[((d_) + (e_.)*(x_)^2)/((a_) + (c_.)*(x_)^4), x_Symbol] :> With[{q = Rt[ 
-2*(d/e), 2]}, Simp[e/(2*c*q)   Int[(q - 2*x)/Simp[d/e + q*x - x^2, x], x], 
 x] + Simp[e/(2*c*q)   Int[(q + 2*x)/Simp[d/e - q*x - x^2, x], x], x]] /; F 
reeQ[{a, c, d, e}, x] && EqQ[c*d^2 - a*e^2, 0] && NegQ[d*e]
 
3.8.43.4 Maple [C] (verified)

Result contains higher order function than in optimal. Order 9 vs. order 3.

Time = 3.94 (sec) , antiderivative size = 29, normalized size of antiderivative = 0.10

method result size
derivativedivides \(\frac {\munderset {\textit {\_R} =\operatorname {RootOf}\left (c \,\textit {\_Z}^{8}+a \right )}{\sum }\frac {\ln \left (\sqrt {x}-\textit {\_R} \right )}{\textit {\_R}^{7}}}{4 c}\) \(29\)
default \(\frac {\munderset {\textit {\_R} =\operatorname {RootOf}\left (c \,\textit {\_Z}^{8}+a \right )}{\sum }\frac {\ln \left (\sqrt {x}-\textit {\_R} \right )}{\textit {\_R}^{7}}}{4 c}\) \(29\)

input
int(1/(c*x^4+a)/x^(1/2),x,method=_RETURNVERBOSE)
 
output
1/4/c*sum(1/_R^7*ln(x^(1/2)-_R),_R=RootOf(_Z^8*c+a))
 
3.8.43.5 Fricas [C] (verification not implemented)

Result contains complex when optimal does not.

Time = 0.28 (sec) , antiderivative size = 264, normalized size of antiderivative = 0.92 \[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=\left (\frac {1}{8} i + \frac {1}{8}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (\left (\frac {1}{2} i + \frac {1}{2}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) - \left (\frac {1}{8} i - \frac {1}{8}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (-\left (\frac {1}{2} i - \frac {1}{2}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) + \left (\frac {1}{8} i - \frac {1}{8}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (\left (\frac {1}{2} i - \frac {1}{2}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) - \left (\frac {1}{8} i + \frac {1}{8}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (-\left (\frac {1}{2} i + \frac {1}{2}\right ) \, \sqrt {2} a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) + \frac {1}{4} \, \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) + \frac {1}{4} i \, \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (i \, a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) - \frac {1}{4} i \, \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (-i \, a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) - \frac {1}{4} \, \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (-a \left (-\frac {1}{a^{7} c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + \sqrt {x}\right ) \]

input
integrate(1/(c*x^4+a)/x^(1/2),x, algorithm="fricas")
 
output
(1/8*I + 1/8)*sqrt(2)*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log((1/2*I + 1/2)*sqrt(2)*a*(-1/( 
a^7*c))^(1/8) + sqrt(x)) - (1/8*I - 1/8)*sqrt(2)*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log(-( 
1/2*I - 1/2)*sqrt(2)*a*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8) + sqrt(x)) + (1/8*I - 1/8)*sqrt( 
2)*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log((1/2*I - 1/2)*sqrt(2)*a*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8) + sqr 
t(x)) - (1/8*I + 1/8)*sqrt(2)*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log(-(1/2*I + 1/2)*sqrt(2 
)*a*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8) + sqrt(x)) + 1/4*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log(a*(-1/(a^7* 
c))^(1/8) + sqrt(x)) + 1/4*I*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log(I*a*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8) 
 + sqrt(x)) - 1/4*I*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log(-I*a*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8) + sqrt( 
x)) - 1/4*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8)*log(-a*(-1/(a^7*c))^(1/8) + sqrt(x))
 
3.8.43.6 Sympy [A] (verification not implemented)

Time = 11.20 (sec) , antiderivative size = 289, normalized size of antiderivative = 1.01 \[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=\begin {cases} \frac {\tilde {\infty }}{x^{\frac {7}{2}}} & \text {for}\: a = 0 \wedge c = 0 \\- \frac {2}{7 c x^{\frac {7}{2}}} & \text {for}\: a = 0 \\\frac {2 \sqrt {x}}{a} & \text {for}\: c = 0 \\- \frac {\sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \log {\left (\sqrt {x} - \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \right )}}{4 a} + \frac {\sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \log {\left (\sqrt {x} + \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \right )}}{4 a} - \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \log {\left (- 4 \sqrt {2} \sqrt {x} \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} + 4 x + 4 \sqrt [4]{- \frac {a}{c}} \right )}}{8 a} + \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \log {\left (4 \sqrt {2} \sqrt {x} \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} + 4 x + 4 \sqrt [4]{- \frac {a}{c}} \right )}}{8 a} + \frac {\sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \operatorname {atan}{\left (\frac {\sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}}} \right )}}{2 a} + \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \operatorname {atan}{\left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}}} - 1 \right )}}{4 a} + \frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}} \operatorname {atan}{\left (\frac {\sqrt {2} \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt [8]{- \frac {a}{c}}} + 1 \right )}}{4 a} & \text {otherwise} \end {cases} \]

input
integrate(1/(c*x**4+a)/x**(1/2),x)
 
output
Piecewise((zoo/x**(7/2), Eq(a, 0) & Eq(c, 0)), (-2/(7*c*x**(7/2)), Eq(a, 0 
)), (2*sqrt(x)/a, Eq(c, 0)), (-(-a/c)**(1/8)*log(sqrt(x) - (-a/c)**(1/8))/ 
(4*a) + (-a/c)**(1/8)*log(sqrt(x) + (-a/c)**(1/8))/(4*a) - sqrt(2)*(-a/c)* 
*(1/8)*log(-4*sqrt(2)*sqrt(x)*(-a/c)**(1/8) + 4*x + 4*(-a/c)**(1/4))/(8*a) 
 + sqrt(2)*(-a/c)**(1/8)*log(4*sqrt(2)*sqrt(x)*(-a/c)**(1/8) + 4*x + 4*(-a 
/c)**(1/4))/(8*a) + (-a/c)**(1/8)*atan(sqrt(x)/(-a/c)**(1/8))/(2*a) + sqrt 
(2)*(-a/c)**(1/8)*atan(sqrt(2)*sqrt(x)/(-a/c)**(1/8) - 1)/(4*a) + sqrt(2)* 
(-a/c)**(1/8)*atan(sqrt(2)*sqrt(x)/(-a/c)**(1/8) + 1)/(4*a), True))
 
3.8.43.7 Maxima [F]

\[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=\int { \frac {1}{{\left (c x^{4} + a\right )} \sqrt {x}} \,d x } \]

input
integrate(1/(c*x^4+a)/x^(1/2),x, algorithm="maxima")
 
output
-c*integrate(x^(7/2)/(a*c*x^4 + a^2), x) + 2*sqrt(x)/a
 
3.8.43.8 Giac [B] (verification not implemented)

Leaf count of result is larger than twice the leaf count of optimal. 445 vs. \(2 (190) = 380\).

Time = 0.34 (sec) , antiderivative size = 445, normalized size of antiderivative = 1.55 \[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=\frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {-\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + 2 \, \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt {\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}}}\right )}{2 \, a \sqrt {-2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} + \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \arctan \left (-\frac {\sqrt {-\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} - 2 \, \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt {\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}}}\right )}{2 \, a \sqrt {-2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} + \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \arctan \left (\frac {\sqrt {\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + 2 \, \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt {-\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}}}\right )}{2 \, a \sqrt {2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} + \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \arctan \left (-\frac {\sqrt {\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} - 2 \, \sqrt {x}}{\sqrt {-\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}}}\right )}{2 \, a \sqrt {2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} + \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (\sqrt {x} \sqrt {\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + x + \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{4}}\right )}{4 \, a \sqrt {-2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} - \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (-\sqrt {x} \sqrt {\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + x + \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{4}}\right )}{4 \, a \sqrt {-2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} + \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (\sqrt {x} \sqrt {-\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + x + \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{4}}\right )}{4 \, a \sqrt {2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} - \frac {\left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} \log \left (-\sqrt {x} \sqrt {-\sqrt {2} + 2} \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{8}} + x + \left (\frac {a}{c}\right )^{\frac {1}{4}}\right )}{4 \, a \sqrt {2 \, \sqrt {2} + 4}} \]

input
integrate(1/(c*x^4+a)/x^(1/2),x, algorithm="giac")
 
output
1/2*(a/c)^(1/8)*arctan((sqrt(-sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8) + 2*sqrt(x))/(sqrt( 
sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8)))/(a*sqrt(-2*sqrt(2) + 4)) + 1/2*(a/c)^(1/8)*arct 
an(-(sqrt(-sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8) - 2*sqrt(x))/(sqrt(sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^ 
(1/8)))/(a*sqrt(-2*sqrt(2) + 4)) + 1/2*(a/c)^(1/8)*arctan((sqrt(sqrt(2) + 
2)*(a/c)^(1/8) + 2*sqrt(x))/(sqrt(-sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8)))/(a*sqrt(2*sq 
rt(2) + 4)) + 1/2*(a/c)^(1/8)*arctan(-(sqrt(sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8) - 2*s 
qrt(x))/(sqrt(-sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8)))/(a*sqrt(2*sqrt(2) + 4)) + 1/4*(a 
/c)^(1/8)*log(sqrt(x)*sqrt(sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8) + x + (a/c)^(1/4))/(a* 
sqrt(-2*sqrt(2) + 4)) - 1/4*(a/c)^(1/8)*log(-sqrt(x)*sqrt(sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/ 
c)^(1/8) + x + (a/c)^(1/4))/(a*sqrt(-2*sqrt(2) + 4)) + 1/4*(a/c)^(1/8)*log 
(sqrt(x)*sqrt(-sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8) + x + (a/c)^(1/4))/(a*sqrt(2*sqrt( 
2) + 4)) - 1/4*(a/c)^(1/8)*log(-sqrt(x)*sqrt(-sqrt(2) + 2)*(a/c)^(1/8) + x 
 + (a/c)^(1/4))/(a*sqrt(2*sqrt(2) + 4))
 
3.8.43.9 Mupad [B] (verification not implemented)

Time = 5.87 (sec) , antiderivative size = 118, normalized size of antiderivative = 0.41 \[ \int \frac {1}{\sqrt {x} \left (a+c x^4\right )} \, dx=-\frac {\mathrm {atan}\left (\frac {c^{1/8}\,\sqrt {x}}{{\left (-a\right )}^{1/8}}\right )}{2\,{\left (-a\right )}^{7/8}\,c^{1/8}}+\frac {\mathrm {atan}\left (\frac {c^{1/8}\,\sqrt {x}\,1{}\mathrm {i}}{{\left (-a\right )}^{1/8}}\right )\,1{}\mathrm {i}}{2\,{\left (-a\right )}^{7/8}\,c^{1/8}}+\frac {\sqrt {2}\,\mathrm {atan}\left (\frac {\sqrt {2}\,c^{1/8}\,\sqrt {x}\,\left (\frac {1}{2}-\frac {1}{2}{}\mathrm {i}\right )}{{\left (-a\right )}^{1/8}}\right )\,\left (-\frac {1}{4}-\frac {1}{4}{}\mathrm {i}\right )}{{\left (-a\right )}^{7/8}\,c^{1/8}}+\frac {\sqrt {2}\,\mathrm {atan}\left (\frac {\sqrt {2}\,c^{1/8}\,\sqrt {x}\,\left (\frac {1}{2}+\frac {1}{2}{}\mathrm {i}\right )}{{\left (-a\right )}^{1/8}}\right )\,\left (-\frac {1}{4}+\frac {1}{4}{}\mathrm {i}\right )}{{\left (-a\right )}^{7/8}\,c^{1/8}} \]

input
int(1/(x^(1/2)*(a + c*x^4)),x)
 
output
(atan((c^(1/8)*x^(1/2)*1i)/(-a)^(1/8))*1i)/(2*(-a)^(7/8)*c^(1/8)) - atan(( 
c^(1/8)*x^(1/2))/(-a)^(1/8))/(2*(-a)^(7/8)*c^(1/8)) - (2^(1/2)*atan((2^(1/ 
2)*c^(1/8)*x^(1/2)*(1/2 - 1i/2))/(-a)^(1/8))*(1/4 + 1i/4))/((-a)^(7/8)*c^( 
1/8)) - (2^(1/2)*atan((2^(1/2)*c^(1/8)*x^(1/2)*(1/2 + 1i/2))/(-a)^(1/8))*( 
1/4 - 1i/4))/((-a)^(7/8)*c^(1/8))