In calculus, and more generally in mathematical analysis, integration by parts is a theorem that relates the integral of a product of functions to the integral of their derivative and antiderivative. It is frequently used to find the antiderivative of a product of functions into an ideally simpler antiderivative. The rule can be derived in one line by simply integrating the product rule of differentiation.
If u = u(x), v = v(x), and the differentials du = u '(x) dx and dv = v'(x) dx, then integration by parts states that
or more compactly:
More general formulations of integration by parts exist for the Riemann–Stieltjes integral and Lebesgue–Stieltjes integral. One can also formulate a discrete analogue for sequences, called summation by parts.
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