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The integral, or antiderivative, is the basis for integral calculus. It tells you the area under a curve, with the base of the area being the x-axis. Its symbol is what shows up when you press alt+b on the keyboard. It can also be written as d^-1y/dx^-1. The process of finding an integral is known as integration or antidifferentiation.
The antiderivative of sin x from x=0 to x=2<pi> is 2.
The antiderivative of sin x without boundaries is -cos x. (?sin x dx = -cos x)
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Integral

a form of torture which is only used on the smart
torture integral
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integral

A very nonchalant stick which does not need to be introduced to calculus fans, it is only a certain method of defining area and how much a thing has changed
the integral is very useful
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Integral

Representing a stage of thinking which emerges after pluralistic post-modernist thought. Integral consciousness can also be referred to as methodological pluralism, in that unlike the disorder of postmodernism, integralism is characterized, by natural organization, or holons. Integral thought was made popular by American Philosopher Ken Wilber.

Integral philosophy is a school of philosophy.
Related to that school, is the belief that humans develop through relatively similar stages of consciousness as they go through life, one such emerging stage of consciousness is often referred to as the Integral stage, or post-post modernist stage, distinct from the post-modernist stage which preceded it.
Only after orienting ourselves within certain generalizations about the nature of existence and its unfolding. Can we began to move into an integral understanding, of ourselves and our place in the universe.
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sine-integral

Si(x)=?(sin t)/t dt, a=0, b=x

This function was constructed by using the Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Construction Theorem for Antiderivatives). The function f(t)=(sin t)/t used to give mathematicians a lot of grief since its antiderivative is not an elementary function and that the limit as t approaches 0 of (sin t)/t is 0/0 (we do know that that limit is approximately 1 by using L'Hopital's rule). The Construction Theorem made calculating values of Si(x) to any degree of accuracy easy. This is useful as some scientists and engineers use it all the time in fields such as optics and magnetism.
Si(1)=0.95, Si(2)=1.61, Si(3)=1.85 . . .
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Integrals

Typically used in calculus when trying to find the area under a curve. Integration can be used to find areas, volumes, central points and many useful things, but is easiest to start with finding the area under the curve of a function like this: What is the area under y = f(x)?

Also, due to it being affiliated with calculus, it may make you look smarter than you actually are.
John: Hey did you figure out how to solve question 186b?

Bob: It was easy! You simply had to use integrals!
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Integral homology coboredism

A boredism between two manifolds that induces an isomorphism of homology at either end.
Professor X talked for like an hour about why S(2,5,7) bounds a homology 4-ball. Talk about an integral homology coboredism to the 3-sphere.
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