Integral of $$$\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}$$$
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Solution
Strip out one cosine and write everything else in terms of the sine, using the formula $$$\cos^2\left(\alpha \right)=-\sin^2\left(\alpha \right)+1$$$ with $$$\alpha=x$$$:
$${\color{red}{\int{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)} d x}}} = {\color{red}{\int{\left(1 - \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)}\right) \cos{\left(x \right)} d x}}}$$
Let $$$u=\sin{\left(x \right)}$$$.
Then $$$du=\left(\sin{\left(x \right)}\right)^{\prime }dx = \cos{\left(x \right)} dx$$$ (steps can be seen »), and we have that $$$\cos{\left(x \right)} dx = du$$$.
So,
$${\color{red}{\int{\left(1 - \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)}\right) \cos{\left(x \right)} d x}}} = {\color{red}{\int{\left(1 - u^{2}\right)d u}}}$$
Integrate term by term:
$${\color{red}{\int{\left(1 - u^{2}\right)d u}}} = {\color{red}{\left(\int{1 d u} - \int{u^{2} d u}\right)}}$$
Apply the constant rule $$$\int c\, du = c u$$$ with $$$c=1$$$:
$$- \int{u^{2} d u} + {\color{red}{\int{1 d u}}} = - \int{u^{2} d u} + {\color{red}{u}}$$
Apply the power rule $$$\int u^{n}\, du = \frac{u^{n + 1}}{n + 1}$$$ $$$\left(n \neq -1 \right)$$$ with $$$n=2$$$:
$$u - {\color{red}{\int{u^{2} d u}}}=u - {\color{red}{\frac{u^{1 + 2}}{1 + 2}}}=u - {\color{red}{\left(\frac{u^{3}}{3}\right)}}$$
Recall that $$$u=\sin{\left(x \right)}$$$:
$${\color{red}{u}} - \frac{{\color{red}{u}}^{3}}{3} = {\color{red}{\sin{\left(x \right)}}} - \frac{{\color{red}{\sin{\left(x \right)}}}^{3}}{3}$$
Therefore,
$$\int{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)} d x} = - \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(x \right)}}{3} + \sin{\left(x \right)}$$
Add the constant of integration:
$$\int{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)} d x} = - \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(x \right)}}{3} + \sin{\left(x \right)}+C$$
Answer
$$$\int \cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}\, dx = \left(- \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(x \right)}}{3} + \sin{\left(x \right)}\right) + C$$$A