Name: finding original functions with antiderivatives
Uploaded: 2026-01-12T12:24:58.000Z
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Channel: JoVE

공이 곡선 경로를 따라 움직일 때, 그 속도는 위치 함수의 미분으로 표현된다. 이 미분은 시간에 따른 위치 변화의 순간 속도를 나타냅니다.속도 함수가 알려져 있고 위치 함수가 필요하다면 연산을 반전해야 합니다. 이 반도함수는 반미분을 통해 달성됩니다.함수의 반미분은 원래 함수를 재현하는 새로운 함수를 말합니다.반미분은 독특한 것이 아닙니다. 예를 들어, x 제곱의 미분은 2 x이고, x 제곱에 5, x 제곱 -5, x 제곱-7의 미분도 두 x가 됩니다. 이 표현들은 상수 항 하나만이 다릅니다.상수의 미분이 0이기 때문에 미분 과정에서 상수 정보가 손실됩니다. 동일한 미분을 공유하는 모든 가능한 함수를 표현하기 위해, 일반 반미분함수는 특정 반미분에 임의의 상수 C를 더한 것으로 표현한다.이 상수는 적분 상수로 알려져 있으며, 상수 이동만으로 차이가 나는 함수들의 전체 클래스를 보여준다. 같은 개념을 적용하면 공의 위치 함수를 찾을 수 있습니다.

함수의 원시함수

The Antiderivative of a Function

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Calculus

미적분학

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Applications of Differentiation

미분의 활용

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

주요 용어 및 개념

함수의 반미분

finding original functions with antiderivatives

Antiderivatives help reconstruct an original function from its derivative. In calculus, an antiderivative of a function f(x) is a function F(x) whose derivative gives back f(x). This idea works like reversing differentiation to recover the starting form.

Antiderivatives are not unique because differentiation removes constant terms. For that reason, the general form includes an arbitrary constant C. That constant represents unknown initial conditions when a function is rebuilt from its derivative.

The power rule makes antiderivatives easier to find for polynomial functions. It provides a simple way to work backward from common polynomial terms. These formulas let students reconstruct original functions from their derivatives, much like finding an object's position from its velocity over time.

Finding Original Functions with Antiderivatives

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critical numbers and the closed interval method

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slant asymptotes

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optimization problems

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application of differentiation to business

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newton’s method

Newton’s Method for Finding Roots

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the antiderivative of a function

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key terms and concepts

Learn how antiderivatives reverse differentiation, why a constant C is added, and how the power rule helps recover polynomial functions in calculus.

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calculus

Finding Original Functions with Antiderivatives

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