Tuesday, January 23, 2018

real analysis - Rigourous substitution formula for indefinite integral

By the fundemental theorem calculus we are able to say that:




The Substition Formula: If f and g are continuous, then
g(b)g(a)f(u)du=baf(g(x))g(x)dx





This formula is often stated for indefinite integrals by:



f(u)du=f(g(x))g(x)dxwhereu=g(x)



I was trying to find a rigorous proof to the second formulation, but have come up short so far. I was wondering whether it can indeed be rigorously proved, since it is often taught in early calculus class. I found a remark in Spivak's book on calculus saying that:




"This formula cannot be taken literally (after all, f(u)du should mean a primitive of f and the symbol f(g(x))g(x)dx should mean a primitive of (fg)g; these are certainly not equal)."





Is there a rigorous sense in which the second formulation has a proof, or is just a symbolic manipulation?

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