Alternative way to do this indefinite integral?

Problem :

Solve $\displaystyle \int \frac{e^{3x}+1}{e^x+1}dx$.

Attempt :

Since we have \begin{align} \int\frac{e^{3x}+1}{e^{x}+1}dx & =\int\frac{e^{3x}}{e^{x}+1}dx+\int\frac{1}{e^{x}+1}dx \end{align} and let $u=e^{x}+1$, then $e^{x}=u-1$ and $du=e^{x}dx$ \begin{align} \int\frac{e^{3x}}{e^{x}+1}dx & =\int\frac{e^{2x}}{e^{x}+1}e^{x}dx\\ & =\int\frac{\left(u-1\right)^{2}}{u}du\\ & =\int u-2+\frac{1}{u}du\\ & =\frac{1}{2}u^{2}-2u+\ln\left(u\right)\\ & =\frac{1}{2}\left(e^{x}+1\right)^{2}-2\left(e^{x}+1\right)+\ln\left(e^{x}+1\right)+C_{1} \end{align} On the other hand, for the other part of the integral, let $v=e^{x}$, then $dv=e^{x}dx$ and we have \begin{align} \int\frac{1}{e^{x}+1}dx & =\int\frac{1}{e^{x}\left(e^{x}+1\right)}e^{x}dx\\ & =\int\frac{1}{v\left(v+1\right)}dv\\ & =\int\frac{1}{v}dv-\int\frac{1}{v+1}dv\\ & =\ln\left(v\right)-\ln\left(v+1\right)\\ & =x-\ln\left(e^{x}+1\right)+C_{2} \end{align} Hence we have \begin{align} \int\frac{e^{3x}}{e^{x}+1}dx & =\frac{1}{2}\left(e^{x}+1\right)^{2}-2\left(e^{x}+1\right)+\ln\left(e^{x}+1\right)+C_{1}+x-\ln\left(e^{x}+1\right)+C_{2}\\ & =\frac{1}{2}e^{x}-e^{x}+x+C \end{align}

Question

I think I have solved it correctly but I am wondering if this method is too complicated computationally. I am looking for a better way to attack this integral.

Solution 1:

Hint: you can use the formula for sum of 2 cubes, since $e^{3x}=(e^x)^3$ $$e^{3x}+1=(e^{2x}-e^x+1)(e^x+1)$$ so you can cancel the denominator and have an easy integral left over.