Integral Operation in mathematical calculus In mathematics, an integral is the continuous analog of a sum, which is used to calculate areas, volumes, and their generalizations. Integration, the process of computing an integral, is one of the two fundamental operations of calculus,[a] the other being differentiation. Integration started as a method to solve problems in mathematics and physics, such as finding the area under a curve, or determining displacement from velocity. Today integration is used in a wide variety of scientific fields. The integrals enumerated here are called definite integrals, which can be interpreted as the signed area of the region in the plane that is bounded by the graph of a given function between two points in the real line. History[edit] Pre-calculus integration[edit] , then for some with . then Further steps were made in the early 17th century by Barrow and Torricelli, who provided the first hints of a connection between integration and differentiation. Formalization[edit]
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Introduction to Integration - Math Is Fun Integration is a way of adding slices to find the whole. Integration can be used to find areas, volumes, central points and many useful things. But it is easiest to start with finding the area between a function and the x-axis like this: What is the area? Slices That is a lot of adding up! But we don't have to add them up, as there is a "shortcut", because ... ... finding an Integral is the reverse of finding a Derivative. (So you should really know about Derivatives before reading more!) Like here: Example: 2x An integral of 2x is x2 ... ... because the derivative of x2 is 2x (More about "+C" later.) That simple example can be confirmed by calculating the area: Area of triangle = 12(base)(height) = 12(x)(2x) = x2 Integration can sometimes be that easy! Notation After the Integral Symbol we put the function we want to find the integral of (called the Integrand), and then finish with dx to mean the slices go in the x direction (and approach zero in width). And here is how we write the answer: Plus C
Differential Equations Differential Equations (Math 3301) Here are my online notes for my differential equations course that I teach here at Lamar University. Despite the fact that these are my “class notes”, they should be accessible to anyone wanting to learn how to solve differential equations or needing a refresher on differential equations. I’ve tried to make these notes as self contained as possible and so all the information needed to read through them is either from a Calculus or Algebra class or contained in other sections of the notes. A couple of warnings to my students who may be here to get a copy of what happened on a day that you missed. Because I wanted to make this a fairly complete set of notes for anyone wanting to learn differential equations I have included some material that I do not usually have time to cover in class and because this changes from semester to semester it is not noted here. Here is a listing and brief description of the material in this set of notes. Basic Concepts
Integral Calculator • With Steps! Calculus, Contemporary Calculus, Hoffman Contemporary Calculus Dale HoffmanBellevue Collegedhoffman@bellevuecollege.edu A free on-line calculus text Many of these materials were developed for the Open Course Library Project of the Washington State Colleges as part of a Gates Foundation grant. The textbook sections, in color, are available free in pdf format at the bottom of this page. The links below are to pdf files. Chapter 0 -- Review and Preview Chapter 1 -- Functions, Graphs, Limits and Continuity Chapter 2 -- The Derivative Chapter 3 -- Derivatives and Graphs Chapter 4 -- The Integral Chapter 5 -- Applications of Definite Integrals Chapter 6 -- Introduction to Differential Equations Chapter 7 -- Inverse Trigonometric Functions Chapter 8 -- Improper Integrals and Integration Techniques
Integrals Tutorial The formal definition of a definite integral is stated in terms of the limit of a Riemann sum. Riemann sums are covered in the calculus lectures and in the textbook. For simplicity's sake, we will use a more informal definiton for a definite integral. We will introduce the definite integral defined in terms of area. Let f(x) be a continuous function on the interval [a,b]. The image below illustrates this concept. The integral of the function f(x) from a to b is equal to the sum of the individual areas bounded by the function, the x-axis and the lines x=a and x=b. where f(x) is called the integrand, a is the lower limit and b is the upper limit. The following properties are helpful when calculating definite integrals. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus defines the relationship between the processes of differentiation and integration. If f is a continuous function on [a,b], then the function denoted by is continuous on [a,b], differentiable on (a,b) and g'(x) = f(x). (a) (b) (c) where a>0.
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Integration and Taking the Integral Integration is the algebraic method of finding the integral for a function at any point on the graph. Finding the integral of a function with respect to x means finding the area to the x axis from the curve. The integral is usually called the anti-derivative, because integrating is the reverse process of differentiating. The fundamental theorem of calculus shows that antidifferentiation is the same as integration. The physical concept of the integral is similar to the derivative. The integral comes from not only trying to find the inverse process of taking the derivative, but trying to solve the area problem as well. Riemann Integration Before integration was developed, we could only really approximate the area of functions by dividing the space into rectangles and adding the areas. We can approximate the area to the x axis by increasing the number of rectangles under the curve. This was a tedious process and never gave the exact area for the curve. Let's look at a general function