Sometimes I come across integrals like this $$\int x^{dx}$$ on the internet. What does this mean? Also, what is the standard nomenclature?
Edit- Apparently, this is called a 'geometric integral', see this.
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2Could you give a link where you saw this? – saulspatz Apr 12 '21 at 13:41
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1Can you link to an example where you've found this? It looks to me like a typo. – Barry Cipra Apr 12 '21 at 13:41
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1No, this is meaningless. – Apr 12 '21 at 13:42
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@saulspatz, as usual, great mind think alike! – Barry Cipra Apr 12 '21 at 13:42
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@BarryCipra Flammable maths – Eisenstein Apr 12 '21 at 13:43
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I just learned this recently! There are videos on YouTube explaining it. – RobertTheTutor Apr 12 '21 at 13:44
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@robert What does these 'integrals' mean? – Eisenstein Apr 12 '21 at 13:45
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Here is a similar question:question – RobertTheTutor Apr 12 '21 at 13:47
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5Take a look at this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_integral. – rubikscube09 Apr 12 '21 at 13:47
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It is essentially the same as the normal integral, but with some exponentiation. – rubikscube09 Apr 12 '21 at 13:48
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Another discussion https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3201425/integrating-a-function-with-mathrm-dx-as-an-exponent?noredirect=1 – VIVID Apr 12 '21 at 13:51