Integral Calculator (symbolic + numeric) implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t8-021

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The input 1/x over [-1,1] forces the quadrature to evaluate 1/0 and the ordinary definite integral is undefined. A calculator that returns a finite number, such as the Cauchy principal value 0, without explicitly identifying the principal-value convention would be incorrect.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "function": "3*x^2 - 4*x + 1",
    "variable": "x",
    "bounds": null
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "antiderivative": "x^3 - 2*x^2 + x + C",
    "spot_checks": [
      {
        "at": 1,
        "input_side": 0,
        "answer_side": 0
      },
      {
        "at": 2,
        "input_side": 5,
        "answer_side": 5
      }
    ]
  },
  "reference_data": {
    "method": "Differentiate the proposed antiderivative and compare with the integrand."
  },
  "working": "Let F(x)=x^3-2*x^2+x. Then F'(x)=3*x^2-4*x+1. At x=1: original=3(1)^2-4(1)+1=0; answer-side derivative=3(1)^2-4(1)+1=0. At x=2: original=3(2)^2-4(2)+1=12-8+1=5; answer-side derivative=12-8+1=5."
}

Other records

Sources and evidence

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.

• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche8/tranche8-results.json