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Friday, June 12, 2015

Work backwards Putnam IMO Contest Problem

Putnam Contest Problem:

Evaluate [MATH]\int_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi}{2}} \dfrac{\cos^4 x+\sin x\cos^3x+\sin^2 x\cos^2 x+\sin^3x\cos x}{\sin^4 x+\cos^4 x+2\sin x\cos^3 x+2\sin^2 x\cos^2 x+2\sin^3 x\cos x}\,dx[/MATH].

Solution of mine, which is different from the previously posted method provided by Mark(putnam-contest-problem):