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The MF19 Formula Sheet

The exact formulae Cambridge prints for you in the 9231 exam — and, just as important, the ones it doesn't, that you must commit to memory. Search to find anything fast.

GIVEN On the MF19 sheet — Further Pure

Provided in the exam. Know how to use them; you don't need to memorise them.

Summations
Sum of r
∑r=1nr=12n(n+1)
Sum of r²
∑r=1nr2=16n(n+1)(2n+1)
Sum of r³
∑r=1nr3=14n2(n+1)2
Maclaurin's series
General form
f(x)=f(0)+xf′(0)+x22!f′′(0)+⋯+xrr!f(r)(0)+⋯
eˣ
ex=1+x+x22!+⋯+xrr!+⋯ (all x)
ln(1+x)
ln⁡(1+x)=x−x22+x33−⋯+(−1)r+1xrr+⋯ (−1<x≤1)
sin x
sin⁡x=x−x33!+x55!−⋯ (all x)
cos x
cos⁡x=1−x22!+x44!−⋯ (all x)
tan⁻¹x
tan−1⁡x=x−x33+x55−⋯ (−1≤x≤1)
sinh x
sinh⁡x=x+x33!+x55!+⋯ (all x)
cosh x
cosh⁡x=1+x22!+x44!+⋯ (all x)
tanh⁻¹x
tanh−1⁡x=x+x33+x55+⋯ (−1<x<1)
Trigonometry — the t = tan(½x) substitution
sin x
sin⁡x=2t1+t2
cos x
cos⁡x=1−t21+t2
Hyperbolic functions
Identity
cosh2⁡x−sinh2⁡x=1
Double angle
sinh⁡2x=2sinh⁡xcosh⁡x,cosh⁡2x=cosh2⁡x+sinh2⁡x
sinh⁻¹x
sinh−1⁡x=ln⁡(x+x2+1)
cosh⁻¹x
cosh−1⁡x=ln⁡(x+x2−1) (x≥1)
tanh⁻¹x
tanh−1⁡x=12ln⁡1+x1−x (|x|<1)
Standard derivatives
sin⁻¹x
11−x2
cos⁻¹x
−11−x2
tan⁻¹x
11+x2
sinh x
cosh⁡x
cosh x
sinh⁡x
tanh x
sech2⁡x
sinh⁻¹x
11+x2
cosh⁻¹x
1x2−1
tanh⁻¹x
11−x2
Standard integrals (constants omitted; a > 0)
∫ sec x
ln⁡|sec⁡x+tan⁡x|
∫ cosec x
−ln⁡|cosec⁡x+cot⁡x|
∫ sinh x
cosh⁡x
∫ cosh x
sinh⁡x
∫ sech²x
tanh⁡x
∫ 1/√(a²−x²)
sin−1⁡xa (|x|<a)
∫ 1/√(x²−a²)
cosh−1⁡xa (x>a)
∫ 1/√(x²+a²)
sinh−1⁡xa
Also on the sheet — from Pure Maths (9709, assumed)
∫ 1/(a²+x²)
1atan−1⁡xa
∫ 1/(a²−x²)
12aln⁡|a+xa−x| (|x|<a)
∫ 1/(x²−a²)
12aln⁡|x−ax+a| (|x|>a)
By parts
∫udvdxdx=uv−∫vdudxdx

MEMORISE NOT on the sheet — you must know these

Cambridge does not give these. Losing them costs whole questions. Drill until automatic.

de Moivre
(cos⁡θ+isin⁡θ)n=cos⁡nθ+isin⁡nθ
n th roots
wk=r1/ncis⁡θ+2πkn, k=0,…,n−1
Roots ↔ coeffs (quadratic)
α+β=−ba,αβ=ca
Roots ↔ coeffs (cubic)
∑α=−ba, ∑αβ=ca, αβγ=−da
Polar area
A=12∫r2dθ
Vector product
|𝐚×𝐛|=|𝐚||𝐛|sin⁡θ
2×2 inverse
(abcd)−1=1ad−bc(d−b−ca)
Rotation about O, angle θ
(cos⁡θ−sin⁡θsin⁡θcos⁡θ)
Reflection in line at θ to x-axis
(cos⁡2θsin⁡2θsin⁡2θ−cos⁡2θ)
Area scale factor
area SF=|det⁡𝐌|
Invariant lines y = mx
bm2+(a−d)m−c=0
Reversal law
(𝐀𝐁)−1=𝐁−1𝐀−1
Eigenvalues
det⁡(𝐀−λ𝐈)=0
Roots of unity
1+ω+ω2+⋯+ωn−1=0
Integrating factor
IF=e∫Pdx

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