Here is a checklist of integration methods you can use to win the Integration Bee:

• Basic techniques:
  • Integrals of powers and of trigonometric functions.
  • Substitution.
  • Integration by parts.
  • Partial fraction decomposition.
  • Trigonometric substitutions.
• Tricky stuff:
• Integrals of powers of trigonometric functions.
• Integrals of hyperbolic functions.
• Completing the square.
• Elimination of radicals by substitution.
• Substituting the tangent of a half-angle

Rules: The contest consists of elimination rounds in which contestants find antiderivatives of given functions. As the contest progresses, functions increase in complexity. Contestants who wrongly evaluate two integrals are disqualified from succeeding rounds. Results are displayed during the contest only by (confidential) participant numbers; only the winners are made public.

Non-UNT Students Welcome! The Integration Bee is open to undergraduate and high school students from any institution. Please bring a school photo id to the competition.

To participate in the Bee: Please register with the Department of Mathematics (no cost or obligation): GAB 443, phone (940) 565-4045, e-mail: rhsears@unt.edu

For more Information: Contact Dr. Joseph Iaia in the Department of Mathematics: GAB 420, phone (940) 565-4704, e-mail: iaia@unt.edu