Integral of an exponent of an exponent

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For a homework problem, I have to integrate this:

$$\int{4^{(4+x)^x}}dx$$

How would I go around to starting this question? I don't know how to evaluate this, and I've tried to use u-subs and integration by parts, but to no avail. Could anyone lead me in the right direction?

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There is almost certainly no closed form solution. Even the much simpler integral $\int x^x$ cannot be expressed in terms of elementary functions.

You could do various numerical approximations to find bounds, or maybe write down a power series expansion. But that's as far as you can really go here.