Is143 Notes 2
Is143 Notes 2
Lecture Two
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The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus is appropriately
named because it establishes a connection between the two
branches of calculus: differential calculus and integral
calculus.
Differential calculus arose from the tangent problem,
whereas integral calculus arose from a seemingly unrelated
problem, the area problem.
Newton’s teacher at Cambridge, Isaac Barrow (1630–1677),
discovered that these two problems are actually closely
related.
In fact, he realized that differentiation and
integration are inverse processes.
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus gives the
precise inverse relationship between the derivative
and the integral.
It was Newton and Leibniz who exploited this
relationship and used it to develop calculus into a
systematic mathematical method.
In particular, they saw that the Fundamental
Theorem enabled them to compute areas and
integrals very easily without having to compute them
as limits of sums
Differentiation and Integration as Inverse Processes
Indefinite Integrals or Antiderivatives