We have to integrate functions of the form
. The rule here is to add one to the power and divide by the new power, never forgetting that we must add a constant.
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This extends to any combination of sums and multiples of powers of
For example, remembering that![]()
which may be simplified further.
This adding of one to the power and dividing by the new power generalises to fractional and negative powers. For example,

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If we have limits, values of
between which the integral takes place, then the answer is just a number.
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If the integral has limits then we have no need for C, since we have C from the first bracket take C from the second bracket.
There is one case where the above rule does not work.
We cannot divide by zero but we can still evaluate the integral. This is a special case, discussed in C2.