fundamental theorem of calculus for Riemann integration
In this entry we discuss the fundamental theorems of calculus for Riemann integration.
- Let be a Riemann integrable function on an interval and defined in by , where is a constant. Then is continuous
in and almost everywhere (http://planetmath.org/MeasureZeroInMathbbRn).
- Let be a continuous function in an interval and a Riemann integrable function such that except at most in a finite number of points . Then .
0.1 Observations
Notice that the second fundamental theorem is not a converse of the first. In the first we conclude that except in a set of measure zero
(http://planetmath.org/MeasureZeroInMathbbRn), while in the second we assume that except in a finite number of points. In fact, the two theorems can never be the converse of each other as the following example shows:
Example : Let be the devil staircase function, defined on . We have that
- •
is continuous in ,
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except in a set of (this set must be contained in the Cantor set
),
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is clearly a Riemann integrable function and .
Thus, .
This leads to the question: what kind functions can be expressed as , for some function ? The answer to this question lies in the concept of absolute continuity (http://planetmath.org/AbsolutelyContinuousFunction2) (a which the devil staircase does not possess), but for that a more general of integration must be developed (the Lebesgue integration (http://planetmath.org/Integral2)).