Using the substitution \(u=\cos (\theta), \ \dfrac{1}{2} \displaystyle \int_0^{\tfrac{\pi}{2}} \dfrac{\sin (2 \theta)}{1+\cos (\theta)} \, d \theta\) can be expressed as
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^{\tfrac{\pi}{2}} u \sqrt{\frac{1-u}{1+u}}\ d u\)
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^1\left(1+\frac{1}{1+u}\right) d u\)
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^{\tfrac{\pi}{2}}\left(1-\frac{1}{1+u}\right) d u\)
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^1\left(1-\frac{1}{1+u}\right) d u\)