Definite Integrals
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Substitution Method

Integration by Parts


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First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
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Theorem. If  f (x)  is continuous on  (a,b), then the function    is a primitive of  f (x)  for any  a < x < b:

.


Proof. Let us recall the definition of the derivative:

.

By Property 7,

Applying Property 8 to the interval  [x, x + Δx],  we find that

,

where   .

Combining these results, we get

.

Therefore, the function

is the set of all primitives of  f (x).



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