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by dsrguru 4815 days ago
Derivatives are formulaic. Integrals, like proofs, require thinking backwards, i.e. creativity and/or luck. For the vast majority of people, cultivating that intuition is a lot harder than plugging numbers into formulas...
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Formally speaking, solving integrals requires brute force. It is only after many such brute force samples your starting to get an intuition. But I won't call this creativity.