Closed-form integral of $\int \left(\frac{Ax^3 + Bx^2 + Cx + D}{Ex^3 + Fx^2 + Gx + H}\right)^4 dx$

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Is there a closed-form/analytical solution to the integral?

$$ \int \left(\frac{Ax^3 + Bx^2 + Cx + D}{Ex^3 + Fx^2 + Gx + H}\right)^4 dx $$

The function does not seem to fit any of the patterns in the list of rational functions in tables of integrals (for example).

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See this Wikipedia entry.

Every rational function $\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)}$ can be writtten as

$p(x)+\displaystyle\sum_j\dfrac{f_j(x)}{g_j(x)}$

where $p,g_j,f_j$ are polynomials such that $g_j$ is the power of an irreducible polynomial and $f_j$ has degree less than the irreducible polynomial of which $g_j$ is the power.

Note that over $\mathbb{R}$, the only irreducible polynomials are quadratic or linear.

Furthermore, the closed forms of $\displaystyle\int \dfrac{1}{(ax+b)^n}\;\text{d}x$, of $\displaystyle\int \dfrac{1}{(cx^2+dx+e)^n}\;\text{d}x$, and of $\displaystyle\int \dfrac{ax+b}{(cx^2+dx+e)^n}\;\text{d}x$

are known.

Therefore, the integral of every rational function has a closed-form expression, which you can find by first finding the partial fraction decomposition of the function.