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I Love Math

I love it. I love reading about the amazing mathematicians and all the intricate equations and such. I am grateful for everything Iv learnt so far....

But.......
I would like to say
Eff off!!!
Or F off
馃槪馃樉馃槬
Like why all the F,f鈥檚 dude??!
The rule in the green box is an effing mouthful!
JoyfulSilence46-50, M
If a function f has an antiderivative F, that means the derivative (slope) of F at x is f(x).

Now, suppose you add a constant C to F(x), giving a new function G(x) = F(x) + C. Then F and G have the same derivative (namely, f) so that G is also an antiderivative of f. It goes the other way, too. Suppose two functions F and G are antiderivatives of f. Then their difference H(x) = G(x) - F(x) has a derivative of zero since the derivatives of G and F are both f. So H has zero slope and so must be a constant C.

In summary, if you add a constant C to F, you get another antiderivative G (= F + C) of f, and if F and G are antiderivatives of f, then they differ by a constant C.

So suppose you have two antiderivatives F and G of f. Then there is a constant C such that G = F + C. Hence,

F(b) - F(a) = G(b) - C - [ G(a) - C ]
= G(b) - G(a)
JoyfulSilence46-50, M
@NoFuxGiven Cool.

But it might be weird. I am old.
NoFuxGiven22-25, F
@JoyfulSilence So what you're saying is - my math professor will notice you standing in for me during exams??? I'm thinking we can pull it off.
JoyfulSilence46-50, M
SW-User
It is a simple way to say that a and b have the same difference in all the antiderivatives and derivatives of the function f

 
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