Reverse the product rule when a product does not simplify by inspection or substitution. u,dv=uv- v,du Choose u to become simpler when differentiated, and dv to have an accessible antiderivative. LIATE (logarithmic, inverse trigonometric, algebraic, trigonometric, exponential) is a useful guide, not a compulsory rule. u=ln x, =x,dx du= 1x,dx, v= x22 xln x,dx= x22ln x- 12 x,dx = x22ln x- x24+C (x>0) AHL5.16 includes repeated integration by parts. A polynomial factor can require several rounds; an exponential–trigonometric product can return to the original integral, which you solve for algebraically. Definite integration by parts _abu(x)v (x),dx=[u(x)v(x)]_ab- _abv(x)u (x),dx Apply the limits to the product term as well as to the remaining integral. No arbitrary constant remains in a definite value.