What is the antiderivative of e^(x^2)?

1 Answer
Apr 10, 2016

It can be written 2/sqrtpi "erfi"(x). Where "erfi"(x) is called the imaginary error function at x

Explanation:

The function e^(x^2) has an antiderivative, but there is no nice way to express it using elementary function.

Saying that the antiderivative of e^(x^2) is 2/sqrtpi times the imaginary error function at x doesn't help the intro student much, but that's what it is.