A problem with integration with trigonometric equations and indices.

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Consider this integral:

$$\int e^x\cdot cos(x)\space dx$$

Using integration by parts: $\int uv'\space dx=uv- \int u'v \space dx$

I have 2 possible outcomes:

1.) Using $u=e^x$, $v'=cos (x)$, $u'=e^x$ and $v=sin(x)$ gives: $$\int e^x\cdot cos(x)\space dx=e^x\cdot cos(x)-\int e^x\cdot sin(x)\space dx$$

2.) Using $u=cos (x)$, $v'=e^x (x)$, $u'=-sin(x)$ and $v=e^x$ gives:

$$\int e^x\cdot cos(x)\space dx=e^x\cdot cos(x)-\int -e^x\cdot sin(x)\space dx$$

$$\int e^x\cdot cos(x)\space dx=e^x\cdot cos(x)+\int e^x\cdot sin(x)\space dx$$

So I get:

$$e^x\cdot cos(x)-\int e^x\cdot sin(x)\space dx=e^x\cdot cos(x)+\int e^x\cdot sin(x)\space dx$$

Where have I gone wrong?

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We have \begin{align*} \int e^x\cos x\,dx&=e^{x}\sin x-\int e^{x}\sin x\,dx\tag 1\\ &=e^{x}\sin x-\left[-e^x\cos x-\int- e^x\cos x\,dx+C\right]\tag 2\\ &=e^x\sin x+e^x\cos x-\int e^x\cos x\,dx+C. \end{align*} where in $(1)$ I let $u = e^x, dv = \cos x$, and in $(2)$ I let $u = e^x, dv = \sin x$. Then adding $\int e^x\cos x\,dx$ to both sides and solving gives $$\int e^x\cos x\,dx = \frac{1}{2}\big[e^x\sin x+e^x\cos x+C\big].$$