Evaluate the integral
\[Integral (x ^2 +e ^{x})\]
Is it a defined or undefined integral?
Undefined
I won't prove it, but I'll give you the formula, say we have: \[\int\limits_{}^{}f(x)+g(x) dx\] When we have the integral of the sum or sustraction of two or more functions, it's equal to the independent integral of all the terms, meaning that: \[\int\limits_{}^{}f(x)+g(x) dx=\int\limits f(x) dx + \int\limits g(x)dx\]
if f(x) is continous and if G (x)=f(x) then
\[\int\limits_{a}^{b} f(x) dx=G(B)-g(A)\]
That's what we call "barrows rule". So, given f(x) continous in the interval [a,b] and let G(x) be any primitive of f, so that means G'(x)=f(x). Then: \[\int\limits_{a}^{b}=f(x)dx=G(b)-G(a)\] But let's state my hypothesis for this theorem, shall we?: H) f continous in [a,b] U'(x)=f(x) \[T) \int\limits_{a}^{b}f(x)dx=G(b)-G(a)\] Proof: by hypothesis: \[U(x)=\int\limits_{a}^{x}f(x)dx\] So by the first fundamental theorem of calculus, we got: \[U'(x)=f(x)=G'(x), \forall x \in [a,b]\] Therefore: \[\exists c \in \mathbb{R} / \forall x \in [a,b] , U(x)=G(x)+c\] We can observe the following (becuse I substituted x for a): \[U(a)=G(a)+c=0\] in other for that to be true, "c" must be equal to -U(a): \[U(x)=G(x)-G(a)=0\] Since we can give "x" any value we wish, let's make x=b, and by the initial integral I stated on the beginning: \[if: U(x)=\int\limits_{a}^{x}f(x)dx\] \[U(x)=G(x)-G(a)\] \[x=b\] Therefore: \[\int\limits_{a}^{b} f(x) dx = G(b)-G(a)\] QED.
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