Indefinite Integration

•  Edexcel - C1, Integration
• AQA - C1, Integration
• OCR - C2, Integration

We already discussed one of the branches of calculus. The other is Integration, it's general purpose is to find the area between some given intervals. It can be used to find the area bounded by a curve, you will learn this in C2. Right now, we need to know what Indefinite Integration is. It is simply the reverse of Differentiation, if dy/dx is the derivative of some function, we can use integration to obtain the function y. It's also called Anti differentiation. When will integrate some function, we will add a constant c. (The constant of Integration).

That image is the general notation used for Integration. When we integrate, we first draw the S kind of line, then write the function, and then dx. (for now anyway). This shows we are integrating. We need to know how to integrate functions in the form : x^n.

As I said Integration is the reverse of Differentiation. So when we differentiate we multiply the power by the coefficient of the function, and subtract the power by 1. When integrating, we firstly raise the power by 1, and divide by this new power.


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      *We usually write c (instead of constant) [  + c ]


I will also post some further examples in my image notes. In my image notes, I will also show you how to derive a the equation of the curve, when given dy/dx and a point on the curve, these question are usually 5/6 easy marks.

With this we end C1 here. I shall start C2 next week... I have done all model solutions for the Edexcel C1 Papers (From Jan 2005 - June 2011), these are available on request. I will start working on the model solutions for Solomon Papers aswell.