This is part of a hw problem for school. (the original problem is the DE $x' = x^2 -4$) It is a differential equations course but I'm stuck on a calculus part. I plugged the integral to wolfram alpha and can't follow why the integral of $\displaystyle \int \dfrac{1}{1-u^2} du = \dfrac{1}{2} \left(\log(u+1)-\log(1-u)\right)+ C$
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Hint: $\dfrac{1}{1-u^2}=\dfrac{A}{1-u}+\dfrac{B}{1+u}$, for some $A,B\in \Bbb R$. Find $A$ and $B$.

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1This might be helpful. – Git Gud May 29 '13 at 06:27