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In [[calculus]], '''linearity''' is a fundamental property of the [[integral]] that follows from the [[sum rule in integration]] and the [[constant factor rule in integration]]. Linearity of integration is related to the linearity of [[summation]], since integrals are thought of as infinite sums.
 
Let ''&fnof;'' and ''g'' be functions. Now consider:
 
:<math>\int (af(x)+bg(x))\, dx.</math>
 
By the [[sum rule in integration]], this is
 
:<math>\int af(x)\, dx+\int bg(x)\, dx.</math>
 
By the [[constant factor rule in integration]], this reduces to
 
:<math>a\int f(x)\, dx+b\int g(x)\, dx.</math>
 
Hence we have
 
:<math>\int (af(x)+bg(x))\, dx=a\int f(x)\, dx+b\int g(x)\, dx.</math>
 
==Operator notation==
The [[differential operator]] is linear &mdash; if we use the Heaviside '''D''' notation to denote this, we may extend '''D'''<sup>&minus;1</sup> to mean the first [[integral]]. To say that '''D'''<sup>&minus;1</sup> is ''therefore'' linear requires a moment to discuss the [[arbitrary constant of integration]];  '''D'''<sup>&minus;1</sup> would be straightforward to show linear if the arbitrary constant of integration could be set to zero.
 
Abstractly, we can say that '''D''' is a [[linear transformation]] from some vector space ''V'' to another one, ''W''. We know that '''D'''(''c'') = 0 for any constant function ''c''. We can by general theory ([[mean value theorem]])identify the subspace ''C'' of ''V'', consisting of all constant functions as the whole kernel of  '''D'''. Then by [[linear algebra]] we can establish that '''D'''<sup>&minus;1</sup> is a well-defined linear transformation that is bijective on Im '''D''' and takes values in ''V''/''C''.
 
That is, we treat the ''arbitrary constant of integration'' as a notation for a [[coset]] ''f''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''C''; and all is well with the argument.
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Linearity Of Integration}}
[[Category:Integral calculus]]

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