Unit 7A

Integrals Part 1

Lesson 1: The Antiderivative


In winter, the snow cover makes it easy to retrace steps or to determine where animal tracks originated. In calculus, it is possible to work backwards from the derivative to determine the original function. What is the reverse operation of differentiation?

Calculus is divided into two main branches, differential calculus and integral calculus. In earlier units, the focus was on differential calculus – finding and applying the derivative. This Unit will focus on integral calculus – indefinite and definite integration.