गणित के सन्दर्भ में, त्रिकोणमितीय प्रतिस्थापन (Trigonometric substitution) का अर्थ है, गैर-त्रिकोणमितीय फलनों के स्थान पर त्रिकोणमितीय फलनों को स्थापित करना। इनके उपयोग से कुछ समाकल सरल हो जाते हैं।[1][2]
प्रतिस्थापन 1. यदि समाकल्य (integrand) में a2 − x2 हो तो ,
Note that the above step requires that a > 0 and cos(θ) > 0; we can choose the a to be the positive square root of a2; and we impose the restriction on θ to be −π/2 < θ < π/2 by using the arcsin function.
For a definite integral, one must figure out how the bounds of integration change. For example, as x goes from 0 to a/2, then sin(θ) goes from 0 to 1/2, so θ goes from 0 to π/6. Then we have
Some care is needed when picking the bounds. The integration above requires that −π/2 < θ < π/2, so θ going from 0 to π/6 is the only choice. If we had missed this restriction, we might have picked θ to go from π to 5π/6, which would give us the negative of the result.