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    Fundamental Theorems of Calculus

    Statement

    The first fundamental theorem of calculus states that if f is continuous on the closed interval [a, b] and F is the antiderivative (indefinite integral) of f on [a, b], then integral_a^bf(x)dx = F(b) - F(a).

    History

    status | proved
proof date | 1668 (357 years ago)
provers | James Gregory | Isaac Barrow
additional people involved | Gottfried Leibniz | Isaac Newton

    Associated equation

    integral_a^bf(x)dx = ( integral f(x)dx/.x->b) - ( integral f(x)dx/.x->a)

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