# riemann integral

• Mar 24th 2008, 02:41 AM
riemann integral
If f is continous on [a,b],then f belongs to R[a,b],R-RIEMANN INTEGRAL
• Mar 24th 2008, 08:34 AM
Jhevon
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If f is continous on [a,b],then f belongs to R[a,b],R-RIEMANN INTEGRAL

this question is phrased weird. what do you mean "belongs to R[a,b]"? do you mean it is Riemann Integrable?
• Mar 24th 2008, 09:34 AM
ThePerfectHacker
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A continous function on [a,b] is always Riemann integrable. Since $f$ is continous it is bounded by extreme value theorem. Furthermore, continous functions on compact (in particular closed) sets are uniformly continous. To prove Riemann integrability we need to show $S_P(f) - s_P(f) < \epsilon$ where $P$ is a partition of $[a,b]$. Given any $\epsilon > 0$ there is a $\delta > 0$ such that $|x-y|<\delta \mbox{ and }x,y\in [a,b]\implies |f(x)-f(y)|<\epsilon$. Pick a partition $P$ such that $(x_i - x_{i-1}) < \delta$. Then $f$ assumes its maximum and minimum on each interval and so $S_P(f) - s_P(f) < \epsilon(b-a)$, and this quantity can be made arbitrary small.