Antiderivative of $-\frac{1}{e^{3x}}$

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Solving, $\dfrac{-1}{e^{3x}}$ has different values by integrating using $u$ substitution if $3x$ is on the top or bottom, can someone see what I'm doing wrong? The top answer is negative while the bottom answer is positive.

My work: $$\mathrm{d}x+e^{3x}\mathrm{d}y=0 \Longrightarrow\int\mathrm{d}y=\int-\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{e^{3x}}\Longrightarrow y=-\int\frac{1}{e^u}\frac{\mathrm{d}u}{3}\Longrightarrow y=-\frac13\times\frac{1}{e^{3x}}$$ With $u=3x$ and $\mathrm{d}u=3\mathrm{d}x$ or $\mathrm{d}x=\frac{\mathrm{d}u}3$.

On the other hand: $$y=-\int e^{-3x}\mathrm{d}x\Longrightarrow -\int e^u\frac{\mathrm{d}u}{-3}\Longrightarrow \frac13e^{-3x}$$ With $u=-3x$ and $\mathrm{d}u=-3\mathrm{d}x$ or $\mathrm{d}x=\frac{\mathrm{d}u}{-3}$.

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Your second computation is correct.

In the first one, there is a mistake in:

$$ y=-\int\frac{1}{e^u}\frac{\mathrm{d}u}{3}\Longrightarrow y=-\frac13\times\frac{1}{e^{3x}}$$

It should be:

$$y=-\int\frac{1}{e^u}\frac{\mathrm{d}u}{3}=-\frac13\int \frac{\mathrm{d}u}{e^u}=-\frac13\int e^{-u}\mathrm{d}u=\frac{1}{3}e^{-u}=\frac{1}{3}e^{-3x}$$

The antiderivative of $e^u$ is $e^u$, but the antiderivative of $e^{-u}$ is $-e^{-u}$.

Notice that generally you can simplify such change of variable $u=ax$ by remembering that if $F(x)$ is an antiderivative of $f(x)$, then $\frac1aF(ax)$ is an antiderivative of $f(ax)$.


Also, it should be obvious, but keep in mind that all these indefinite integrals should have a constant term added in the final result. Here it does not harm, but sometimes you end up with different nontrivial expressions that happen to differ by a nonzero constant. A usual example is

$$\int\frac{1}{\cosh x}\mathrm dx=2\arctan(e^x)+C$$ $$\int\frac{1}{\cosh x}\mathrm dx=2\arctan(\tanh\frac x2)+C$$

But

$$2\arctan(e^x)=2\arctan(\tanh\frac x2)+\frac{\pi}4$$

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(Significant edits thanks to Jean-Claude's comment below.)

The major error is in the first one: $\int\frac{1}{e^u}du$ is not $\frac{1}{e^u}$, it's $-\frac{1}{e^u}$. $\int e^udu$ is the straightforward one - in order to use it for $\frac{1}{e^u}$, you'd have to use another $u$-substitution, like the one you did in the second version.