in a rather informal way with the help of the diagram above.
Claim :
The definite integral
represents
the blue area in the above cirle.
Let
, then
unit and center at
.
of the
function is equal to the blue area in the circle shown above.
Claim:
is the area of the red triangle within the circle.
Observation : The blue area + the read area is one sixth the area of the circle.
Deduction:
