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Is there a theorem for the integral of an inverse of a function?


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Say I have f(x) and then I have Σ(f(x))dx (I'm using Σ in place of an integral since there's no character for an integral that fits on one line), is there some formula relating Σ(f(x))dx to f^-1(x)? Sort of like the opposite of the derivative rule for inverse functions?

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Not really but if its the only thing I guess I'll take it. I was thinking more in terms of logic that the "proof without words" theorem would yield something nice like "the inverse of the integral of f-1(x) - the integral of f(x)." But, if that that complicated theorem is the best it gets then that's the best it gets.

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The result I'm looking for is what I tried to say before. To understand it, I will clear up what I mean and say "inverse of the inverse." If I took f(x), and then took the inverse of that function, I would get inverse of f(x) or f-1(x). Now, if I take the inverse of the inverse, or the inverse of f-1(x), I get f(x).

With that concept in mind, it seems intuitive that there would be a formula which shows that the inverse of the integral of f-1(x) is the integral of f(x).


I know that's not actually right, because when I test it with f(x)=x^2 and sqrt(x) the theorem doesn't work.

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