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definite integral

In mathematics, difference between the values of an indefinite integral evaluated at two different points. It is written ab f(x)dx and represents the area between the axis and the graph of the curve (counting areas below the axis as negative).



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Integral calculus: Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, indefinite integrals of standard functions, definite integrals and their properties, Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus.
From these branches, mathematicians probe all of nature using such tools as ordinary and partial differential equations, indefinite and definite integrals, and, where these become inadequate, other tools like power series and Lagrangian multipliers.
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