Lesson 1 Antiderivatives and The Power Formula
Lesson 1 Antiderivatives and The Power Formula
For example, the function is an antiderivative of on the interval since for each in the
given interval , which is equal to .
However, is not the only antiderivative of on the given interval. If we add any constant
to , the function .
•In general, once any single antiderivative is known, the other antiderivatives can
be obtained by adding constants to the known derivatives. Thus, , , , , are all
antiderivatives of .
Theorem:
If is any antiderivative of on an open interval, then for any constant , the
function is also an antiderivative on that interval. Moreover, each antiderivative
of on the interval can be expressed in the form by choosing the constant
appropriately.
Definition: The Indefinite Integral
• process of finding antiderivatives is called antidifferentiation or integration.
The
Thus, if , then integrating (or antidifferentiating) the function produces an
antiderivative of the form . To emphasize this process, we use the following notation,
where,
is the antiderivative
is the integral sign
is the integrand
is the constant of integration
indicates that is the variable of integration
•Some
of the properties of indefinite integral and basic integration formulas, which need
no proof from the fact that these properties are also known properties of differentiation,
are listed below.
or
The method of u-substitution may be applied in evaluating an integral with the substitution
and
Examples:
•1. Evaluate
Solution:
2. Evaluate
Solution:
•3. Evaluate
Solution 1:
Solution 2:
• Solution 3: (by u-substitution)
4. Evaluate
Solution:
•5. Evaluate
Solution:
6. Evaluate
Solution:
•7. Evaluate
Solution:
Exercises:
•
Evaluate the following integrals:
3.