Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x) may
precisely give you g(x), but taking the antiderivative of g(x) does not
necessarily give you f(x) in its original form. Example:
Note that the constant c is unknown! The original function f(x) could have been 3x2 + 5, 3x2 + 10, 3x2 + anything,
and the derivative of f(x) would have still been 6x. Determining the
antiderivative of a function, then, is a bit less certain than
determining the derivative of a function.
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