Basically, what is the opposite verb of "derive", i.e. "to take the primitive function of"?
(Context: I'm trying to make wolframAlpha take the primitive of a function, but I can't get formulation correct.)
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Sign up to join this communityBasically, what is the opposite verb of "derive", i.e. "to take the primitive function of"?
(Context: I'm trying to make wolframAlpha take the primitive of a function, but I can't get formulation correct.)
In calculus, I usually think of "integrate" as the verb for the opposite of the finding the derivative.
Wikipedia says "The process of solving for antiderivatives is called antidifferentiation (or indefinite integration) and its opposite operation is called differentiation, which is the process of finding a derivative" (emphasis added).
I usually think of the verb derive in mathematics in the context of formal proofs and abstract algebra.