Trying to prove product rule of integration

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$$\int f(x)g(x)=f(x)\int g(x)dx-\int \left(f'(x)\int g(x)dx\right)dx+C$$

Let's say we have two functions $u(x)$ and $v(x)$ which are differentiable

$$h(x)=u(x).v(x)$$ $$\dfrac{d}{dx}h(x)=u'(x)v(x)+v'(x)u(x)$$ $$d(h(x))=u'(x)v(x)dx+v'(x)u(x)dx$$

$$v'(x)u(x)dx=d(u(x)\cdot v(x))-u'(x)v(x)dx$$

Taking integration on both sides

$$\int u(x)v'(x)dx=\int d(u(x)\cdot v(x))-\int u'(x)v(x)dx$$

$$\int u(x)v'(x)dx=u(x)\cdot v(x)+C-\int u'(x)v(x)dx$$

$$\int u(x)v'(x)dx=u(x)\cdot\int v'(x)dx-\int\left(u'(x)\int v'(x)dx\right)dx+C$$

Replacing $v'(x)$ by $g(x)$ and $u(x)$ by $f(x)$

$$\int f(x)g(x)=f(x)\int g(x)dx-\int \left(f'(x)\int g(x)dx\right)dx+C$$

Is this proof correct?

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Is this proof correct? Dunno, but it looks convoluted. Here is the way I do it:

Suppose $h = uv$.

$ \int h' dx = h = uv \implies h' = u'v + v'u$.

$ \implies u'v = h' - v'u \quad (*) $

Now, integrating both sides of $(*)$ gives the result (Integration by Parts), using the fact that $ \int h' dx = uv$

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The product rule for differentiation says that $$(uv)'=uv'+vu'\implies uv'=(uv)'-vu',$$ integrating which gives $$\int uv'=\int(uv)'-\int vu'\implies\int uv'=uv-\int vu'.$$ You can do a similar thing for the quotient rule too, i.e. $$\left(\frac{u}{v}\right)'=\frac{vu'-uv'}{v^2}\implies\int\frac{uv'}{v^2}=\int\frac{u'}{v}-\frac{u}{v}.$$