Positive-discriminant Case
Assume that the discriminant q = b2 − 4ac is positive. In that case, define u and A by
- ,
and
The quadratic integral can now be written as
The partial fraction decomposition
allows us to evaluate the integral:
The final result for the original integral, under the assumption that q > 0, is
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