# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_of_calculus Topics:: #mathematic, #calculus --- # Fundamental theorem of calculus - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 061222_090722 > > The fundamental theorem of calculus is a theorem that links the concept of differentiating a function (calculating its slopes, or rate of change at each time) with the concept of integrating a function (calculating the area under its graph, or the cumulative effect of small contributions). The two operations are inverses of each other apart from a constant value which depends on where one starts to compute area.