Integrals of Exponential

Functions

We know that if then . Therefore . We rewrite the

equation by interchanging its two sides and then
integrate:

Example. Evaluate .
Solution. Let . Then . Substitution gives

Exercise. Verify that .

General exponential function

The function is called the natural exponential function.
When the base is any number with we call the function the
general exponential function.
Recall that . From this derivative formula it is easy to derive
the integration formula

Example. Evaluate the indefinite integral .

Solution. Let . Then . Substitution gives

Exercises. Evaluate the following indefinite integrals.

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Verification of some integration formulas

By differentiation, prove that the following formulas
are correct.