Student: Can I please get these points back?? The +C never matters! Me:pic.twitter.com/sJ6LteuaKc
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No, I literally pointed out that when someone says the integral of X is Y and Y does not have an arbitrary constant, one is immediately assumed. Just like EVERY SINGLE INTEGRAL in Gradshteyn and Ryzhik.
I agree it’s not necessary when you know what you’re doing. But an exam is literally a demonstration that you know what you’re doing.
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I would think the act of integrating something non-trivial would be the demonstration, not mastery of some pedantic bookkeeping. And to be fair, every integral should have a different constant. The fact that C is "an arbitrary constant" is just cargo cult.
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The integration constant *is* an arbitrary constant, so I don't quite understand your cult assertion. Addressing your other concern, that's why the +C is always worth a small amount. In my experience I've found that the students whose only complaint is "+C" do just fine.
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