F fri-guy New member Joined Oct 5, 2010 Messages 1 Oct 5, 2010 #1 Help. I'm studying for a calc test and one of the practice problems is: Find F(1), where F'(x) = e^(-x^2) and F(0) = 2. I know that the function e^(-x^2) doesn't have a defined antiderivative, so how do I go about solving this problem? Thanks!
Help. I'm studying for a calc test and one of the practice problems is: Find F(1), where F'(x) = e^(-x^2) and F(0) = 2. I know that the function e^(-x^2) doesn't have a defined antiderivative, so how do I go about solving this problem? Thanks!
D Deleted member 4993 Guest Oct 6, 2010 #2 fri-guy said: Help. I'm studying for a calc test and one of the practice problems is: Find F(1), where F'(x) = e^(-x^2) and F(0) = 2. I know that the function e^(-x^2) doesn't have a defined antiderivative, so how do I go about solving this problem? Thanks! Click to expand... Have you studied "error function [erf(x)]"? There are tabular values available for this integral (or use wolfram_alfa).
fri-guy said: Help. I'm studying for a calc test and one of the practice problems is: Find F(1), where F'(x) = e^(-x^2) and F(0) = 2. I know that the function e^(-x^2) doesn't have a defined antiderivative, so how do I go about solving this problem? Thanks! Click to expand... Have you studied "error function [erf(x)]"? There are tabular values available for this integral (or use wolfram_alfa).
