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Originally Posted by Qfwfq
Hmmm, not quite, it's often a matter of finding a method. Unlike what Jay says, sometimes even finding the integral of a function, without looking it up, can be by no means trivial.
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The process is so mechanical that there are computer programs that can find the integral of many functions. How many integration methods do you know? There are only a few techniques for finding integrals in lower division calculus, such as change of variables and integration by parts.
