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Problem 4.11

10 November, 2015 - 10:39
Suppose that we’ve already established that the derivative of an odd function is even, and vice versa. (See Problem 2.30) Something similar can be proved for integration. However, the following is not quite right. Let \mathit{f} be even, and let g=\int f(x)dx be its indefinite integral. Then by the fundamental theorem of calculus, \mathit{f} is the derivative of g. Since we’ve already established that the derivative of an odd function is even, we conclude that g is odd. Find all errors in the proof. 

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