Ideas for best teaching integrals: we're teaching wrongly and how to do it right

2016/08/15 by Bruno Mendonça Rey dos Santos, Santos, Bruno Mendonça Rey dos
Mathematics · #00A35 #26A24 #Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA) #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Mathematics Education and Programs #math.CA #math.HO #msc:00A35 #msc:26A24

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1608.04997

21 pages, 4 figures

openalex publication_date 2016/08/15 · openalex created_date 2016/09/16 · arxiv created 2017/05/05 · arxiv updated 2017/05/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We discuss some problems with the indefinite integral notation and the way of teaching of integrals in Calculus. Based on the discussion, and in order to avoid mistakes, we propose another notation for indefinite integrals.

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