\[ \int \frac {\left (x+\sqrt {a+x^2}\right )^b}{\sqrt {a+x^2}} \, dx \]
Optimal antiderivative \[ \frac {\left (x +\sqrt {x^{2}+a}\right )^{b}}{b} \]
command
integrate((x+(x^2+a)^(1/2))^b/(x^2+a)^(1/2),x, algorithm="giac")
Giac 1.9.0-11 via sagemath 9.6 output
\[ \frac {{\left (x + \sqrt {x^{2} + a}\right )}^{b}}{b} \]
Giac 1.7.0 via sagemath 9.3 output
\[ \int \frac {{\left (x + \sqrt {x^{2} + a}\right )}^{b}}{\sqrt {x^{2} + a}}\,{d x} \]________________________________________________________________________________________