Integrating imaginary units and operators

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When integrating terms including the imaginary unit i and operators like position and momentum, do you simply treat these as constants?
 
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Yes, for example when you have the integral

##\int_a^b ix dx## ,

you can take the ##i## outside the integration like any constant:

##\int_a^b ix dx = i\int_a^b x dx## .
 
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hilbert2 said:
Yes, for example when you have the integral

##\int_a^b ix dx## ,

you can take the ##i## outside the integration like any constant:

##\int_a^b ix dx = i\int_a^b x dx## .
Thank you very much, sir!