\(\begin{array}{l}a)\,\,\int\limits_0^1 {{{\left( {1 + 3x} \right)}^{\frac{3}{2}}}dx} = \left. {\dfrac{1}{3}.\dfrac{{{{\left( {1 + 3x} \right)}^{\frac{3}{2} + 1}}}}{{\frac{3}{2} + 1}}} \right|_0^1\\= \left. {\dfrac{2}{{15}}.{{\left( {1 + 3x} \right)}^{\frac{5}{2}}}} \right|_0^1 = \dfrac{2}{{15}}\left( {{4^{\frac{5}{2}}} - 1} \right) = \dfrac{2}{{15}}.31 = \dfrac{{62}}{{15}}\end{array}\)
\(\begin{array}{l}b)\,\,\,\int\limits_0^{\frac{1}{2}} {\dfrac{{{x^3} - 1}}{{{x^2} - 1}}dx} = \int\limits_0^{\frac{1}{2}} {\dfrac{{\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {{x^2} + x + 1} \right)}}{{\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 1} \right)}}dx} \\= \int\limits_0^{\frac{1}{2}} {\dfrac{{{x^2} + x + 1}}{{x + 1}}dx} = \int\limits_0^{\frac{1}{2}} {\dfrac{{x\left( {x + 1} \right) + 1}}{{x + 1}}dx} \\= \int\limits_0^{\frac{1}{2}} {\left( {x + \dfrac{1}{{x + 1}}} \right)dx} = \left. {\left( {\dfrac{{{x^2}}}{2} + \ln \left| {x + 1} \right|} \right)} \right|_0^{\frac{1}{2}}\\= \dfrac{1}{8} + \ln \dfrac{3}{2}\end{array}\)