1.10: Substitution
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More complicated functions can be integrated using the chain rule. Since \frac{d}{dx}f(g(x))=f'(g(x))\cdot g'(x),\nonumber we have \int f'(g(x))\cdot g'(x)dx=f(g(x))+c.\nonumber
This integration formula is usually implemented by letting y = g(x). Then one writes dy = g'(x)dx to obtain \begin{aligned}\int f'(g(x))g'(x)dx&=\int f'(y)dy \\ &=f(y)+c \\ &=f(g(x))+c.\end{aligned}