Can't seem to find the correct methods to integrate $\int \frac{x³}{x⁴+x²+1}dx $ and $\ \int \frac{dx}{\sin(2x)\ln(\tan(x))}$

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I need help solving these integrals, I failed my calculus exam anyways but I'd like to understand how to solve these. Any help would be much appreciated.

For the first integral: $\displaystyle\int \frac{x^3}{x^4+x^2+1}dx $,

At first I thought I could solve it by partial fractions but then I realized that the denominator has no factors (at least not real numbers). So I thought of completing the square for the denominator and I got something like this: $$\int \frac{x^3}{(x^2+\frac{1}{2})^2 - \frac{3}{4}} dx$$

At thiss point I tried to solve it by using the integration by parts method considering $\displaystyle u = x^3$ and $\displaystyle dv = \frac{dx}{(x^2+\frac{1}{2})^2 - \frac{3}{4}}$, and then I realized that I complicated the expression too much instead of simplifying it.

For the second integral $$ \int\frac{dx}{\sin(2x)\ln(\tan(x))}$$ I got as far as replacing it with something like this $$\int \frac{dx}{2\sin(x)\cos(x)\ln\left(\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}\right)}$$, and then, $$\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{dx}{\sin(x)\cos(x)\ln(\sin(x)-\cos(x))}$$. Up to this point I couldn't think of anything else to do :(.

I'd like to get some pointers on what did I do wrong, and what methods I should've used. Also, any integral calculus (or even algebra or trigonometry) book recommendations would be very welcome.

P.S. Sorry for my English (It's not my native tongue).

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Put $$x^2=t,\; \;2x^3dx=t\,dt $$

the integral becomes

$$\frac 12 \int \frac {t\,dt}{t^2+t+1} $$

$$=\frac {1}{4}\int \frac {2t+1-1}{t^2+t+1}\, dt$$

$$=\frac 14 \left(\int \frac {2t+1}{t^2+t+1}\,dt-\int \frac {dt}{t^2+t+1}\right) $$

$$\frac 14\ln (t^2+t+1)-\frac {1}{2\sqrt {3}}\arctan \left( \frac {2t+1}{\sqrt {3}} \right)+C $$

$$=\frac 14\ln (x^4+x^2+1)-\frac {1}{2\sqrt {3}}\arctan\left(\frac {2x^2+1}{\sqrt {3}} \right)+C $$

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For the integral $$\int\frac{1}{\sin(2x)\ln(\tan(x))}dx$$ you can put $$t=\ln(\tan(x))\implies dt=\frac{\sec^2(x)}{\tan(x)}dx=\frac{1}{\sin(x)\cos(x)}dx=\frac{2}{\sin(2x)}dx$$ so $$\int\frac{1}{\sin(2x)\ln(\tan(x))}dx=\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{1}{t}dt$$ Now it's easy to solve.