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First thing you should know −- indefinite integrals and anti-derivatives are almost the same thing and are often interchanged in colloquial speech. Second thing you should know −- this is basically true!

The antiderivative of a function ff is a function whose derivative is ff. An integral is either definite or indefinite. A definite integral is a number −- the result when bounds are inserted into the indefinite integral. An indefinite integral is simply an antiderivative, but we often say, for example, if f(x)=xf(x)=x:

An antiderivative of f(x)=xf(x)=x is F(x)=x22F(x)=\frac{x^2}{2}.

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The indefinite integral of f(x)=xf(x)=x is F(x)=x22+CF(x)=\frac{x^2}{2}+\mathcal{C}, for an arbitrary constant C\mathcal{C}.

As you can see, they are identical in concept, except the indefinite integral often times mentions the full family when an antiderivative does not have to.

Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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