A cool trick integration bee problems

Here's an interesting case of integrals you'll often find in integration bees that you can solve quite nicely by being brave enough to take the scariest looking term you can find and base your whole transformation on it and it should (hopefully) work. The integral in the thumbnail is from the 2025 MIT integration bee finals. My complex analysis lectures:    • Complex Analysis Lectures   Support my work via Patreon:   / maths505   You can follow me on Instagram for write ups that come in handy for my videos and DM me in case you need math help: https://instagram.com/maths.505?igshi... My LinkedIn:   / kamaal-mirza-86b380252   Advanced MathWear: https://my-store-ef6c0f.creator-sprin...