The fundamental theorem relates accumulation and rate of change by stating that if , then the accumulated area from a fixed point to is given by . It shows that differentiation and integration are inverse processes: the derivative of the accumulation function recovers the integrand , and antiderivatives allow the evaluation of definite integrals.
Conditions: The function is continuous.; is an antiderivative of (i.e., ).
The fundamental theorem relates accumulation and rate of change by stating that if , then the accumulated area from a fixed point to is given by . It shows that differentiation and integration are inverse processes: the derivative of the accumulation function recovers the integrand , and antiderivatives allow the evaluation of definite integrals.
Conditions: The function is continuous.; is an antiderivative of (i.e., ).