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How do you integrate

$$\frac{x}{\sigma^2} \exp \left( \frac{-x^2}{2\sigma^2}\right)$$

I have so far tried integration by parts and have gotten stuck.

$$u= \frac{x}{\sigma^2}$$

$$du= \frac{1}{\sigma^2}$$

$$v= \frac{ -\sigma^2 \exp \left ( \frac{-x^2}{2\sigma^2} \right ) }{x} $$

$$dv= \exp \left( \frac{-x^2}{2\sigma^2} \right)$$

Then I am completely stuck

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As told André Nicolas sigma is just a constant, and if you let $ω=\frac{-x^2}{2σ^2}$ we'll have:

$$\int \:\frac{\:x\cdot \:e^{^{\frac{-x^2}{2σ^2}}}}{σ^2}dx=-\int \:\:e^ωdω=-e^{^{\frac{-x^2}{2σ^2}}}+C$$

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