Mathematics · Ch 10 — Indefinite Integration
Elementary Integration Formulae
Elementary Integration Formulae
Every differentiation formula can be read in reverse to produce an integration formula. If , then automatically . Applying this idea to each of the standard derivatives gives the list of elementary integrals recorded in the table above.
Take the power rule as the first illustration. Since (for ), reversing it gives . The same computation carried out for in place of — using — gives the more general . This "" pattern repeats for every entry in the table: whenever we know , replacing by everywhere and dividing by gives (this is proved formally as Corollary I of the substitution theorem in section 3.2.1). …
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