SOLUTION: What is the integral or antiderivative of cos(x^2) ? I can do cos^2(x), cos^n(ax), etc, but not cos(x^2).

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Question 601028: What is the integral or antiderivative of cos(x^2) ?
I can do cos^2(x), cos^n(ax), etc, but not cos(x^2).
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is called the Fresnel C integral (C for cosine) and can't easily be evaluated unless you use power series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_integral