ANTIDERIVATIVES
Mohammad Giffarie Setiawan
XI MIPA 4
MEANING
a.Integral
Integral is a form of mathematical
operation that is reversed or also
commonly referred to as the
inverse of the derived operation.
b.Antiderivative
In calculus,
an antiderivative, inverse
derivative, primitive
function, primitive
integral or indefinite integral of
a function f is a differentiable
function F whose derivative is equal
to the original function f. This can
be stated symbolically as F'=f.The
process of solving for
antiderivatives is
called antidifferentiation (or indefin
ite integration) and its opposite
operation is called differentiation,
which is the process of finding a
derivative.
Antiderivatives are related to definite
integrals through the fundamental
theorem of calculus the definite
integral of a function over an interval
is equal to the difference between the
values of an antiderivative evaluated
at the endpoints of the interval.
An antiderivative of a
function f(x)f(x) is a function
whose derivative is equal to f(x)f(x).
That is, if F′(x)=f(x)F′(x)=f(x),
then F(x)F(x) is an antiderivative
of f(x)f(x).
Importantly, antiderivatives are
not unique. A given function can
have many antiderivatives. For
instance, the following functions
are all antiderivatives of x^2
However, any two antiderivatives
of a given function differ by a
constant. This allows us to write a
general formula for any
antiderivative of x^2
Since, as we saw in the previous
section, antiderivatives are intimately
connected with areas, we write this
antiderivative as
and call this an indefinite integral