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peter010

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Registered: 2016-09-05

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Essential meaning of mathematical Integration

Hello,

I have finished recently this video for presenting the essential meaning of Integration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-LGfbS6JA

What do you think?

Last edited by peter010 (2016-09-17 00:53:36)

Bob

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Re: Essential meaning of mathematical Integration

hi peter010

You have done a good job.  A simple example helps any student to see easily what is happening before they meet much more complicated examples.  I like the way you have highlighted the text as you speak.  This must be a great help to any for whom English is not the first language.

Defining integration as a summation process is the way I would do it too.  It is possible to prove that the area under a curve gives the same result so I would see this as a consequence of integration rather than another way of defining it.  When I was at school my maths teacher said the proof was too hard and 'glossed' over it.  But I looked it up and I don't think it is that tough.

Bob

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peter010

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Re: Essential meaning of mathematical Integration

Thanks indeed mr.Bob for this neat comment. I believe that Visual materials can abstract thousands of words and a lot of time!

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Re: Essential meaning of mathematical Integration

Hi;

Nice vid!

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peter010

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Re: Essential meaning of mathematical Integration

Thanks