# Math Help - integrbility proof

1. ## integrbility proof

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there is integrabile function f in {[}a,b{]} so f(a)<0.
f is continues from the right of a.
prove that there is $c\in(a,b)$ so $\intop_{a}^{c}f(x)dx<0$
prove:
there is $\epsilon=\frac{{|f(a)|}}{2}>0$ from the given continuety
in a there is a delta
$b-a>\delta>0$ so for every x in which $a\leq x $|f(x)-f(a)|<\varepsilon$.
so $f(x)-f(a)<-\frac{f(a)}{2}$ and the ({*}) $f(x)
f is integrabile in [a,b] and so in [a,a+ $\delta/2$]
from ({*}) and from the monotonicity we conclude
$\intop_{a}^{a+\frac{\delta}{2}}f(t)dt\leq\intop_{a }^{a+\frac{\delta}{2}}\frac{f(a)}{2}dt=\frac{\delt a}{2}\frac{f(a)}{2}<0$
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i got stuck on the first step:
why they chose such delta and x??
from the defintion it should be there is delta>0 for which in every
x a<x<a+ $\delta$

it works now

4. ## Re: integrbility proof

Originally Posted by transgalactic
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there is integrabile function f in {[}a,b{]} so f(a)<0.
f is continues from the right of a.
prove that there is $c\in(a,b)$ so $\intop_{a}^{c}f(x)dx<0$
prove:
there is $\epsilon=\frac{{|f(a)|}}{2}>0$ from the given continuety
in a there is a delta
$b-a>\delta>0$ so for every x in which $a\leq x $|f(x)-f(a)|<\varepsilon$.
so $f(x)-f(a)<-\frac{f(a)}{2}$ and the ({*}) $f(x)
f is integrabile in [a,b] and so in [a,a+ $\delta/2$]
from ({*}) and from the monotonicity we conclude
$\intop_{a}^{a+\frac{\delta}{2}}f(t)dt\leq\intop_{a }^{a+\frac{\delta}{2}}\frac{f(a)}{2}dt=\frac{\delt a}{2}\frac{f(a)}{2}<0$
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i got stuck on the first step:
why they chose such delta and x??
from the defintion it should be there is delta>0 for which in every
x a<x<a+ $\delta$
"why they chose such delta and x??"
That is directly from the given: $f$ is continuous on the right at $a$.
We want an open interval on which $f$ is negative, so the integral will be negative.