§ Counterexample to fundamental theorem of calculus?
- Integral of
1/x^2
from [-1, 1]
should equal -1/x
evaluated at (-1, 1)
which gives -1/1 - (-(-1)/1)
, that is, -1 - 1 = -2
. - But this is absurd since 1/x2 is always positive in [−1,1].
- What's going wrong?