Definite Integral | Mathematics

Definite integrals are the extension after indefinite integrals, definite integrals have limits [a, b]. It gives the area of a curve bounded between given limits.

$\int_{a}^{b}F(x)dx$ , It denotes the area of curve F(x) bounded between a and b, where a is the lower limit and b is the upper limit.

Note: If f is a continuous function defined on the closed interval [a, b] and F be an anti derivative of f. Then $\int_{a}^{b}f(x)dx= \left [ F(x) \right ]_{a}^{b}\right = F(b)-F(a)$
Here, the function f needs to be well defined and continuous in [a, b].

Example: $Find, \int_{1}^{4}x^{2}dx ?$

Solution:

$Since, \int x^{2}=\frac{x^{3}}{3} \newline \newline \textup{Then F(x)} =\frac{x^{3}}{3} \newline \newline [F(x)]_{1}^{4}= F(4)-F(1) \newline \newline =[\frac{4^{3}}{3} - \frac{1^{3}}{3}]=\frac{65}{3}$