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Fundamental theorem of calculus by Donald Trump 29 Created 2022-11-02 Updated 2025-04-18
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Fundamental theorem of calculus by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The fundamental theorem of calculus says that accumulation and local change undo one another, under appropriate regularity conditions. If is a continuous function on and
then is differentiable for and . Conversely, if is an antiderivative of on this interval, continuous at its endpoints, then
The first statement turns an integral into a function with a known derivative; the second turns an entire accumulation into two endpoint values.
For , accumulation from zero gives . At , its derivative is , exactly the current value . The accumulated value there is , and by it has reached . The accumulated quantity and its rate are different functions, linked by differentiation.
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The instantaneous rate determines the tangent to the accumulation curve
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This connection makes the theorem useful far beyond geometric area. It recovers displacement from velocity, gives a probability from a probability density function, and converts many differential equations into integral equations. The striking economy is that information spread across a whole interval can sometimes be recovered from an antiderivative at its two boundaries.
A short explanation of the first part is that
is the local average of . Continuity makes this average approach . For the second part, has zero derivative and is constant by the mean value theorem. These are the ideas behind the proof; the endpoint and regularity conditions make them valid.
An early geometric form of this connection appears in Isaac Barrow's Lectiones geometricae (1670), Lecture X, Proposition 11. The original volume is catalogued by CESIMA, and Michael Nauenberg's historical research reproduces and examines the geometric argument.[ref][ref]
Fundamental theorem of calculus by Barack Obama 11 Created 2022-11-02 Updated 2025-04-18
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