Mattingly "AI & Prompt Design: The Basics of Prompt Design"
Antiderivatives
1. Antiderivatives - A Summary
The indefinite integral of f (x) is the collection of all its
antiderivatives:
f (x) dx = F (x) + C
where F (x) = f (x) and C is any constant
Properties:
→ c f (x) dx = c f (x) dx
→ [f (x) ± g (x)] dx = f (x) dx ± g (x) dx
2. Antiderivatives Table
0 dx = C 1 dx = x + C A dx = Ax + C
x α+1
x α dx = +C α = −1
α+1
1
dx = ln |x| + C
x
e x dx = e x + C
sin x dx = − cos x + C cos x dx = sin x + C
3. Antiderivatives Table
1
√ dx = sin−1 x + C
1 − x2
1
dx = tan−1 x + C
1 + x2
1 1 x
[More generally: dx = · tan−1 ( ) + C ]
a2 + x 2 a a
sec2 x dx = tan x + C csc2 x dx = − cot x + C
sec x ·tan x dx = sec x +C csc x ·cot x dx = − csc x +C