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by ohsonice
2192 days ago
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Your first link is not working for me on mobile. Thanks for the clarification though. Exp(x^2) is a finite composition of a polynomial and an exponential function so from what you posted, it does fall into the Wikipedia definition of elementary function. |
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They were arguing that the antiderivative F of f: x ↦ exp(x²) is not elementary, whereas f itself is elementary. But both F and f are well-defined functions, which means that f has an indefinite integral, it just happens to be not elementary.