[Haskell-beginners] Antiderivative (indefinite integral)?

Martin Drautzburg Martin.Drautzburg at web.de
Sun Jan 20 21:42:16 CET 2013


On Sunday, 20. January 2013 06:50:27 Kim-Ee Yeoh wrote:

> So no, you don't get a simple number. It is ambiguous to evaluate the 
> antiderivative at a point.

So F(x=x0) has no meaning in itself? Only the differences 
F(x=x1) - F(x=x0) have a meaning?

> Using the F(0)=0 rule, you'll be summing /about the origin/. So you'd avoid
> nastiness like having to sum f(x) starting from "the lowest possible x".

Thanks. It took me a while to fully understand what you said here.
-- 
Martin



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