Antiderivatives

Primitive function

A function F(x) is antiderivative or primitive functions of a function f(x) on an interval ℐ if F(x) is differentiable on ℐ and

F′ (x) = f(x)

for all values in ℐ.

If F1 (x) and F2 (x) are both primitive functions of f(x) on an interval ℐ then

F1 (x) - F2 (x) =𝒸

for some fixed constant 𝒸∈ℝ.

Indefinite integral

The collection of all primitive functions of f(x) on an interval is called the indefinite integral and denoted

∫f(x) ⅆx
∫ ( αf(x) + βg(x) ) ⅆx = α ∫f(x) ⅆx + β ∫g(x) ⅆx

Table of primitives

1 ∫ xn ⅆx = xn+1 n+1 +𝒸 2 ∫ 1x ⅆx = ln|x| +𝒸 3 ∫ ℯx ⅆx = ℯx +𝒸 4 ∫ sinx ⅆx = -cosx +𝒸 5 ∫ cosx ⅆx = sinx +𝒸
1 ∫ 1 1-x2 ⅆx = arcsinx +𝒸 2 ∫ 1 1+x2 ⅆx = arctanx +𝒸
1 ∫ tanx ⅆx = ln | 1 cosx | +𝒸 = ln | secx | +𝒸 2 ∫ cotx ⅆx = ln | sinx | +𝒸 3 ∫ secx ⅆx = ln | secx + tanx | +𝒸 4 ∫ cscx ⅆx = - ln | cscx + cotx | +𝒸
∫ x (x-2) ⅆx ∫ (x-1) x ⅆx