math: add definite integration

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Similar to limit evaluation, the substitution of complex expressions involving $x$ and $dx$ with $u$ and $du$ is generally used to work with the chain rule.
$$
u=g(x) \\
\int f(g(s))\cdot g´(x)\cdot dx = \int f(u)\cdot du
\int f(g(x))\cdot g´(x)\cdot dx = \int f(u)\cdot du
$$
??? example
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\end{align*}
$$
### Definite integration
To find a numerical value of the area under the curve in the bounded interval $[a,b]$, the **definite** integral can be taken.
$$\int^b_a f(x)dx$$
$a$ and $b$ are known as the lower and upper **limits of integration**, respectively.
<img src="/resources/images/integration.png" width=700>(Source; Kognity)</img>
Regions **under** the x-axis are treated as negative while those above are positive, cancelling each other out, so the definite integral finds something like the net area over an interval.
If $f(x)$ is continuous at $[a,b]$ and $F(x)$ is the anti-derivative, the definite integral is equal to:
$$\int^b_a f(x)dx=F(x)\biggr]^b_a=F(b)-F(a)$$
As such, it can be evaluated manually by integrating the function and subtracting the two anti-derivatives.
!!! warning
If $u$-substitution is used, the limits of integration must be adjusted accordingly.
To find the total **area** enclosed between the x-axis, $x=a$, $x=b$, and $f(x)$, the function needs to be split at each x-intercept and the absolute value of each definite integral in those intervals summed.
$$A=\int^b_a \big|f(x)\big| dx$$
### Properties of definite integration
The following rules only apply while $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are continuous in the interval $[a,b]$ and $c$ is a constant.
$$
\begin{align*}
&\int^a_a f(x)dx&=&&0 \\
&\int^b_a c\cdot dx&=&&c(b-a) \\
&\int^b_a f(x)dx&=&&-\int^b_a f(x)dx \\
&\int^c_a f(x)dx&=&&\int^b_a f(x)dx + \int^c_b f(x)dx
\end{align*}
$$
The **constant multiple** and **sum** rules still apply.
## Resources
- [IB Math Analysis and Approaches Syllabus](/resources/g11/ib-math-syllabus.pdf)