What Is an Integral?

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  • Опубліковано 22 вер 2024
  • A Riemann sum is introduced as a way to estimate the area between a function and the x axis over an interval and then used to define a definite integral. The concept of net area is introduced, and the fundamental theorem of calculus is introduced as a way to evaluate indefinite integrals by treating integration and differentiation as inverses of each other.

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  • @julialucas3738
    @julialucas3738 5 років тому +902

    Educators HATE him! Man explains half of calculus in

    • @elliottmc3527
      @elliottmc3527 5 років тому +80

      Funny you think this is half of calculus

    • @soldtobediers
      @soldtobediers 5 років тому +4

      Like his demeanor?... you'd really appreciate this guy, i suspicion he is the same teacher. ua-cam.com/video/URC125wpMS4/v-deo.html -42419

    • @bluehealer81
      @bluehealer81 5 років тому +53

      @Z M This is why people hate learning. Shut the hell up and let people enjoy learning something.

    • @kray97
      @kray97 5 років тому +4

      Riemann sums/integration is one of the easier chapters in Calc AB.

    • @manojn2675
      @manojn2675 4 роки тому +3

      I suggest you to watch the videos of basis of calculus in Don't Memorie youtube channel it explain a lot

  • @TheAkshatJ
    @TheAkshatJ 7 років тому +1517

    If these integrals were explained like this to us in schools, we would have learnt mathematics as a philosophy. Excellent explanation. Thanks.

    • @physicalchemistry3511
      @physicalchemistry3511  7 років тому +129

      Many thanks for your comments. Very kind.

    • @happyjay
      @happyjay 7 років тому +39

      Joshi,
      Actually we were explained in decent manner. But due to pressure, poverty, fights, worry about future, need to score more and more and more being not SC, we learnt, wrote and forgot.

    • @tanzeelamariam1356
      @tanzeelamariam1356 7 років тому +9

      Akshat Joshi So true! I feel like my school life was just a waste of time.😑

    • @sagarkapasi099
      @sagarkapasi099 6 років тому +1

      +tanzeela mariam same

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 6 років тому +16

      Why wasn't this explained to you in school? This is standard way of teaching integrals found in most textbooks.

  • @Thulgon
    @Thulgon 7 років тому +1051

    This is as clear an explanation as it gets.

    • @physicalchemistry3511
      @physicalchemistry3511  7 років тому +62

      Redshift Thanks!

    • @jeltefrank
      @jeltefrank 7 років тому +1

      Please google cubic Bézier curves and CAD programs.

    • @kostantinos2297
      @kostantinos2297 6 років тому +7

      Indeed, but I am still having headaches trying to make sense out of it...

    • @General12th
      @General12th 6 років тому +3

      I believe 3blue1brown's video series is even more cohesive.

    • @kostantinos2297
      @kostantinos2297 6 років тому +3

      J.J. Shank
      I can agree. As a matter of fact, 3Blue1Brown's videos helped me understand the concept of an integral better than this one, though both have really good content.

  • @fatihaksu837
    @fatihaksu837 7 років тому +1173

    This video is too much for UA-cam. Some people teach these things $80 per hour

    • @pinedelgado4743
      @pinedelgado4743 5 років тому +41

      Believe you me, +Burak Kerten!! Those people are really STEALING the money if they charge THAT much!!!

    • @oguzhanylmazer2479
      @oguzhanylmazer2479 5 років тому +1

      Kerten ne demek ya kertenkelenin kısaltılmışı mı :D

    • @Ccccccccccsssssssssss
      @Ccccccccccsssssssssss 5 років тому +5

      Dude, who do you know who charges $80 an hour to teach this? Or ar you just making stuff up?

    • @branthebrave
      @branthebrave 5 років тому +5

      Then this video is worth $10.86!

    • @rugvedwagh9434
      @rugvedwagh9434 5 років тому +8

      we learnt integration and our teacher did not tell about this at all

  • @thesage1096
    @thesage1096 7 років тому +18

    how the hell did this guy breakdown the fundamentals of integration so elegantly,simply and beautifully ???

  • @JohnNettles11
    @JohnNettles11 7 років тому +301

    I watch A LOT of math videos on youtube and this is really some of the best material I've seen.

  • @samiig626
    @samiig626 7 років тому +192

    Getting straight to the point! I love it! Definitely need more views.

  • @mrpedrobraga
    @mrpedrobraga 4 роки тому +5

    Brilliant. The way you approach the concepts without throwing symbols at our face but still being clear and treating the viewers as not dumb.
    10/10

  • @zahialsalman
    @zahialsalman 8 років тому +604

    Why the hell aren't there more views?

    • @vascodegama5829
      @vascodegama5829 7 років тому +9

      Zahi Alsalman cause 'merica

    • @ThapeloMKT
      @ThapeloMKT 7 років тому +33

      Zahi Alsalman because because everyone else is watching a video on The secrets on how to get a girl

    • @trcvish
      @trcvish 7 років тому

      I know right

    • @physicalchemistry3511
      @physicalchemistry3511  7 років тому +11

      Thanks!

    • @Impedancenetwork
      @Impedancenetwork 7 років тому +15

      Because everyone already knows this stuff.

  • @_DBO
    @_DBO 3 роки тому +2

    This is one of the best videos explaining math I've ever seen. Please don't ever stop producing these. You're a god send.

  • @warasranleh5523
    @warasranleh5523 3 роки тому +4

    Wow, I'm honestly blown away I've been trying to get a more satisfying understanding of integration... and this is it

  • @jaredbrown5549
    @jaredbrown5549 2 роки тому +3

    This is the best, most concise explanation I’ve ever seen on integrals. Bless your soul for sharing this for free.

  • @justastream8522
    @justastream8522 7 років тому +41

    Amazing ! So well explained that it feels like you wrote this in my brain directly without going through my eyes/ears. Thank you so much !!

  • @mireia1674
    @mireia1674 7 років тому +73

    this made it so clear what integrals stand for. Thank you!

  • @jaabirahamedsaleem1112
    @jaabirahamedsaleem1112 Рік тому +5

    This video was worth half of my college semester. Thank you so much for the great explanation! Please make more videos on this topic!😃

  • @justinmanzo3945
    @justinmanzo3945 5 років тому +1

    I knew nothing about this kind of math and now I understand it, all I need now is a teacher to go over it with me

  • @janmarcoskalinski3500
    @janmarcoskalinski3500 7 років тому +1

    This might be the clearest scholar video I have ever seen in my entire life. Thank you so much for your great work.

  • @anabarata2751
    @anabarata2751 Рік тому +4

    II'm in the 8th grade and I wanted to get a little ahead of the concepts of my classes.
    This video was ideal for understanding the integrals.

    • @yaboyyoob7531
      @yaboyyoob7531 Рік тому +2

      What 8th grader is doing integrals on class

    • @Davirs-iz9zu
      @Davirs-iz9zu 4 місяці тому

      Guess he wants to be a mathematician​@@yaboyyoob7531

  • @duyvo5315
    @duyvo5315 2 роки тому +2

    Marvellous! I've been staring at my school material for quite some time and still I can't grasp the idea of integral until I saw your video. It took me only 7 minutes and I understand much, much better. Thank you so much for your work!

  • @jimmycryz
    @jimmycryz 6 років тому +10

    Guys this man needs more attention

  • @chichyleilah4049
    @chichyleilah4049 5 років тому

    this video has made calculus so easy, i would recommend anyone who has an issue with calculus to this video

  • @steveblack2420
    @steveblack2420 7 років тому +39

    good way to learn math and english: thank you so much!

  • @tdpencil2811
    @tdpencil2811 4 роки тому

    bruh i spend 5 weeks trying to understand what a derivative is and this man just explained an integral in 7 minutes. what am I doing with my life?

  • @abdulelahaljeffery6234
    @abdulelahaljeffery6234 7 років тому +4

    wow, this is by far the simplest, and most clear explanation of integration and dx I've ever seen on UA-cam!

  • @pedroartur2230
    @pedroartur2230 7 років тому +11

    People who studied this in college commonly refers to integrals like some stuff from common sense knowledge.Which is NOT. This kind of behavior is really a pain in the ass. Thanks for clearing things up!

    • @ubaidshah1910
      @ubaidshah1910 5 років тому

      LOL, commonly? Understatement. Its ridiculous how hard it is to find a calculus tutorial that DOESNT ASSUME YOU KNOW EVERYTHING

    • @velhacega
      @velhacega 5 років тому

      I mean, to a certain extent, it is. You can't expect people to dumb everything down for you, especially when math is the subject -- in which things are usually taught in a bottom-up way

  • @beatriz6093
    @beatriz6093 2 роки тому

    This video just blew me away! I've tried to grasp the concept behind integrals for 2 months, and this is the first video i came across that really cleared my mind

  • @AntuNeelesh
    @AntuNeelesh 7 років тому +71

    fantastic explanation :)

  • @MasterNeiXD
    @MasterNeiXD 7 років тому +152

    Okay, but that was too big of a jump from sum of infinite rectangles beneath a curve to integrals. Why do integrals give out the area? How was it defined? Why is it the inverse of the derivative? The inverse of the function that gives out the slope, gives out the area under it. WHY?

    • @levonsahakian6723
      @levonsahakian6723 7 років тому +22

      Bryan Keller when I was in high school I was thinking exactly the same. So the answer is as follows. You define two functions, f(x) and A(x). f(x) is a curve and A(x) is the area under f(x). Then you take the derivative of F(x) using the limit definition of the derivative. The answer that comes out of that is f(x). So this means that the derivative of a function A(x), which describes the area under the curve f(x), is f(x). This implies that the opposite operation of a derivative gives the area under a curve.

    • @MasterNeiXD
      @MasterNeiXD 7 років тому +13

      Levon Sahakian your last two sentences make no sense. I think you thought about one thing and wrote another.

    • @levonsahakian6723
      @levonsahakian6723 7 років тому +1

      Bryan Keller no, it's correct as stated

    • @levonsahakian6723
      @levonsahakian6723 7 років тому +41

      Bryan Keller so to be more clear: A(x) gives the area under f(x). When you take the derivative of A(x) using the limit definition, you get f(x)

    • @MasterNeiXD
      @MasterNeiXD 7 років тому +18

      Levon Sahakian Oh, yeah it's correct. I think I just realized the connection.

  • @Simio_Da_Tundra
    @Simio_Da_Tundra 2 роки тому

    Teachers have months to explain this and can't get it right, 3B1B has an amazing series about the topic, but it's still kinda long. This is the clearest explanation of calculus I've ever seen!

  • @msgordito99
    @msgordito99 8 років тому +19

    Beautiful, I was looking for something like that and you just did it perfect. Thank you, you have excellent videos.

  • @nicola4251
    @nicola4251 10 місяців тому

    This 7 minute video masterfully summed up 2 hours of university lecture. Beautiful

  • @zlojadmin
    @zlojadmin 5 років тому

    20 years after my math exam you came along and explained this! Finally! Thanks!

  • @神-w1y
    @神-w1y 7 років тому +1

    Very useful, visualizing math dinamically makes the concepts more easy to learn.
    Thank you!

  • @thokling361
    @thokling361 7 років тому

    What an elegant description. This clears up some mysteries for this particular layman. Well done.

  • @wes8448
    @wes8448 4 роки тому

    I skipped like 60% of my calc classes this semester and my final is on monday...Thank you so much. This channel, or at least this video, is masterfully put together and is helping my wirey nerves calm.

  • @healthdios
    @healthdios 5 років тому +16

    It makes me feel good to find this video recommended to me, my last search was drunkards dancing and big chested girls..

  • @AnkitSharma-ef7md
    @AnkitSharma-ef7md 7 років тому +1

    Professor, you are simply awesome. I never got a session like this before. I wish you were my professor.
    Just 26 letters cannot define your beautiful effort to bring this video out before us. I am sad that this video has less number of views. But I now take the charge to promote your channel.
    Thank you so much for everything.
    You have been doing a great job.
    May the supreme lord bless you.
    Also, I request you to upload your videos on Linear Algebra. We cannot visualize anything in Linear algebra.
    👍👍👍👍

  • @odgarig8601
    @odgarig8601 10 місяців тому

    Im genuinely about to tear up because of how beautiful this is. The concept is so simple yet so genius. Math is beautiful.
    I still hate tests though.

  • @liamday147
    @liamday147 3 роки тому +1

    this was explained so well oh my god, I wish my teachers were this good at explaining. Great job.

    • @beoptimistic5853
      @beoptimistic5853 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/vFDMaHQ4kW8/v-deo.html 💐.

    • @u235u235u235
      @u235u235u235 2 роки тому

      many explanations seem better from a 2nd source mostly because you already have a foundation of the material and a second teaching seems to fill in some areas you may have been weak on or confirm existing knowledge.

  • @thiccalbert
    @thiccalbert 3 роки тому +3

    As someone pretty ruddy at math, I have to say this was a splendid explaination.

  • @nunoraposo9971
    @nunoraposo9971 7 років тому +3

    What am i doing here ? I ended calculus years ago! Good luck fellow students god have mercy on your soul

  • @gabrieltoledo1128
    @gabrieltoledo1128 6 років тому

    Im a sophmore at high school and havent learned this in school yet,its a complicated concept but this is the best youtube video I have seen explaining it by far

  • @RicardoM-ze4bj
    @RicardoM-ze4bj 3 роки тому +2

    This explanation is so great that even though I’m 13 I can totally understand this and apply it to other stuff

  • @fellipsilva
    @fellipsilva 5 років тому

    Your explanation is on god level, I had to watch this video twice, but only because English is not my native language, and even then I understood better here than in my school.

  • @dittery
    @dittery 3 роки тому

    I hate how following the curriculum causes me to only be able scrape by with surface level knowledge and memorized formulas. I literally did not know what a riemann sum really is or what it means, but now I do and it was all explained to me in minutes
    You are awesome.

  • @makerKID5
    @makerKID5 7 років тому +18

    MIND BLOWN! BRILLIANT VIDEO.

  • @ehsannabizada7809
    @ehsannabizada7809 5 років тому +2

    I don’t understand the concept of -1 in the second bracket of the sigma function. It may make sense in the first rectangle but what about the others?

  • @midhunsuresh5800
    @midhunsuresh5800 6 років тому

    Finally someone....where were you all these years... By the way you could help lot of young people out there. Do More.

  • @tomisina7144
    @tomisina7144 7 років тому

    I studied engineering for 4 years, and only now do I fully understand what the hell I was doing. Awesome video!

  • @MrKayoHD
    @MrKayoHD 6 років тому

    Feels like the information is fluently uploaded right into my brain. The pacing is amazing

  • @bidhankhirali
    @bidhankhirali 7 років тому

    you did a great job.... it remained a mystery so far for normal students like us... greatly simplified......

  • @dbRaZoR
    @dbRaZoR 7 років тому

    I remember my Mathematics Professor talking about graphing lines in College Algebra and all of a sudden stopped and asked "is it possible to find the area of this function?" We were all dumbfounded and answered no as Algebra students at my university probably only did some geometry prior to the class and thought this squiggly line is not a shape, therefore not containing a formula to use to solve.
    Here I am a year later showing people how to calculate the area using integrals.

  • @dusicamilosavljevic6718
    @dusicamilosavljevic6718 3 роки тому

    I have solved many "exercises", but never really understood what it was all about. Now I do. Thank you.

  • @user-ui5le1cu8e
    @user-ui5le1cu8e 2 роки тому

    beautiful explanation. i’ve never heard of integrals before, but now i understand their concepts rather than memorizing them.

  • @DeborahJB
    @DeborahJB 4 роки тому

    He reminds me of someone giving directions to the corner store...it is so easy, all you do is...lol. Love it!

  • @ただAdam
    @ただAdam 10 місяців тому

    Well if my calculus teacher would play this video to explain integrals she would have actually tought me smth :D. Thanks.

  • @codewithdevhindi9937
    @codewithdevhindi9937 Рік тому

    Man this is just next level of godly explaination

  • @andrews1347
    @andrews1347 2 роки тому

    im in year 8, im actually very glad to see people understand this, for me it was getting weird at 2:53 but hes explaining very nicely, i will surely need him when im older, thank you very much:)

  • @julioezequiel8935
    @julioezequiel8935 7 років тому +7

    Congratulations , you have a fan from Brazil !

  • @jacobrallup
    @jacobrallup 8 років тому +8

    Brilliant! Very well made and to the point. Thank you.

  • @nandakumarcheiro
    @nandakumarcheiro 5 років тому +3

    Integration may be interpreted as a gathering of information between limited boundary.But sometimes it may act as a squeezing as a continuity for example a point rotating in circle forming an area and then as a volume of cone.Perhaps it may evolute from single plane to three dimensional nay be multiplayer.
    A differentiated stripes getting together in forming an area in between certain boundaries.In between cos value and sine value curves it oscillate between maximum and minimum value but as a phase difference may shift between zero and 1.
    In piezo electric rectangle it switch over to matrices planes of parallelogram final to linearity producing electricity in piezo electric crystals for a symmetry breaking dynamics.
    Sankaravelayudhan Nandakumar.
    Sankaravelayudhan Nandakumar

  • @Juanijia
    @Juanijia 7 років тому

    This is the best explanation I've ever seen. It is so good that I'd rather watch this video in english than come up with explanations in my own language (spanish).

  • @MrSladkov
    @MrSladkov Рік тому

    Oh, it's so cool explanation, very simple to understand what integrals are and how do they work under the hood. Thank you.

  • @CS-hy6es
    @CS-hy6es 7 років тому

    wow...going to listen to this over and over...wish my mind worked like yours...what a gift!

  • @craftworld5615
    @craftworld5615 5 років тому +1

    Great effort man. You helped a lot of guys on this gig but it is impermeable to my mind.
    I HATE CALCULUS!

  • @elijahcaudill334
    @elijahcaudill334 5 років тому

    Thank you so much! I have learned how to work these problems, but the teaching presented here brings it into clear focus. I now understand what I am doing in Calculus II.

  • @peacewithGodthroughChrist20998
    @peacewithGodthroughChrist20998 2 роки тому

    This is marvellous since I have now understood the concept of integration

  • @angelb.9438
    @angelb.9438 7 років тому +8

    i learned more from this than in my integral subject. thank you!

    • @physicalchemistry3511
      @physicalchemistry3511  7 років тому +5

      your captain in this ship Glad you learned something and liked it.

  • @divinealien7620
    @divinealien7620 5 років тому +4

    thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @horsied
    @horsied 4 роки тому

    This video taught me half of what my calculus class consisted of in less than 10 minutes.

  • @elie3423
    @elie3423 7 років тому

    I was bored of studying integrals without knowing what they used for -_- and that feels boring...now this explanation makes me think integrals are very useful in real life. Thanks !

  • @botjdjdjd
    @botjdjdjd Рік тому +1

    But how the area under curve is linked to increment the power then divide bla bla, and height if the rectangles are not fixed as the curve goes up down

  • @ParenPantony
    @ParenPantony 2 роки тому

    Nice! When I read books about this subject I never understand it, but when I see this video, I know what it means. It helps a lot,
    thanks for the effort! Keep up the good work mate!

  • @amjidali7918
    @amjidali7918 2 роки тому

    The method in which you explain this topic I can't ever seen before well done explanation 👍

  • @rangamurali7667
    @rangamurali7667 Рік тому

    Each smallest rectangle area is y (height or length of rectangle) times the width, say the width is ‘(x1-x0)’ = y times (x1-x0), i.e., what is y is nothing but y = f(x) at all times, y varies based on x coordinate value. So Area of the smallest rectangle is substituting y=f(x) in the product above becomes f(x) times (x1-x0). This is proof for Area S = f(x)(x1-x0) in the 1st step. / not obvious for first timers who may assume it is so as teacher said as a statement. But simple substitution.Cheers!

  • @kokalti
    @kokalti 5 років тому

    Going through calc 2 was such a dread because it was like drinking out of a fire hydrant. When you actually take time and look over this stuff again its quite fascinating

  • @riccardoossanna8170
    @riccardoossanna8170 7 років тому

    This channel is TOP TIER

  • @saptarshi36
    @saptarshi36 7 років тому

    had this video existed when i was in school, it could have changed a few things for me! great video

  • @JaydeepGodhani16
    @JaydeepGodhani16 6 років тому

    Now a days youtube gives clear explanation than schools.

  • @doodelay
    @doodelay 7 років тому

    this is awesome and i love how you explain exactly how to build the equation based on what you're trying to do

  • @AdityaMahat
    @AdityaMahat 4 роки тому

    Bro huge respect to you!
    Thank you. If only my teacher had taught me like this I would've enjoyed Maths.

  • @filofito
    @filofito 6 років тому +1

    But why is the Lim of the Riemann Sum an integral of f(x) dx ?

  • @avenir7294
    @avenir7294 6 років тому

    I finally found a video that explains integrals very clearly. thanks!

  • @danmart1879
    @danmart1879 7 років тому

    Excellent explanation. Five stars for this teacher.

  • @mohammadpourheydarian5877
    @mohammadpourheydarian5877 Рік тому

    Well explained, organized writing and explanation. Thank you.

  • @aadhavan.s8364
    @aadhavan.s8364 7 років тому

    i watched more than 10 vedios on youtube about integral and this is the best i could find

  • @dabrosz9404
    @dabrosz9404 4 роки тому

    this is knowledge,such clarity and professionalism.i don't think it's possible to elaborate this subject any better .thank you and i wish the best of luck
    from turkey

  • @azizizizi1404
    @azizizizi1404 5 років тому +1

    How can the integrating process "x" is the power must plus 1 and the x itself must divide to total power .(sorry for my bad english)

  • @sepehrasadi5997
    @sepehrasadi5997 6 років тому

    I've learned my pre-university maths under 8 minutes. That was awesome!

  • @robinlillian9471
    @robinlillian9471 5 років тому

    Even if it's an infinitely close estimate, it's still an estimate. Calculus seems to be a way to work around not understanding the area inside of irregular shapes instead of a way to really understand them. This seems basically to be a way of writing an infinite number of infinitely small widths multiplied by an infinite number of infinitely small heights.

  • @vladi1054
    @vladi1054 6 років тому

    I am in 3 grade in middle school and after practicing and playing around with this (obviously using this explanation), I can actually use calculus quite comfortably.
    thanks man!

  • @MHF-go9sd
    @MHF-go9sd 2 роки тому

    Thank you, it is amazing for understanding the integral concept when you study it for the first time.

  • @ica885
    @ica885 7 років тому +1

    I love your video! Thank you so much, I barely know how to thank you for these simple yet genious videos!

  • @zxtek4975
    @zxtek4975 5 років тому

    Kinda like a paradox multiply the rectangles to fit in under the curve but we can also say if we multiply the rectangles and at the same time increase the zoom of the line becomes a contradiction to the integral.

  • @IC82Hillford
    @IC82Hillford 7 років тому

    Why am I up late, eating cereal and watching this in the bath?

  • @justicechristopher9780
    @justicechristopher9780 5 років тому

    Guy, you are an excellent teacher....

  • @Muuip
    @Muuip 5 років тому

    An excellent tutorial/visualisation accessable anytime, anywhere by anyone allowing great new potentials.

  • @Luxcium
    @Luxcium 7 років тому

    for the first 3 or 4 seconds of the video the voice of the presentator was ho my god so boring I was about to watch an other video but I was distracted by something and did not clicked away fast enough ... now at almost the end of the vieo I feel like his voice is so calming and clear and easy to listen to that I subscribed to the channel :-)

  • @Bwabel
    @Bwabel Рік тому

    Ive been watching like 10 videos and i finally now understnad integrals, at least a little bit. Thank you so much

  • @kaoseda1886
    @kaoseda1886 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for sharing math to the world. I love math and its logic, let alone the applications for human.