Antiderivatives & Basic Rules

Single-variable calculus from first principles

An antiderivative of f is a function whose derivative is f; you're running differentiation in reverse. The FTC says this is exactly what you need to evaluate integrals, so being fluent at "un-differentiating" is the key skill of integration.

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