Tuesday, 1 November 2016

calculus - Prove that f is integrable on [0,2]



Let

\begin{align}
f(x)=\left\{\begin{matrix}1,\:\: 0\leq x\leq 1,\\
0,\:\:1\end{matrix}\right.
\end{align}



Prove that f is integrable on [0,2], and find the value of
20f(x)dx.




In order to show that f is integrable I think I need to use the following theorem:




The bounded function f is integrable on [a,b] if and only if for
every positive number ϵ there exists a partition P of [a,b]
such that |U(f,P)L(f,P)|<ϵ.




The problem is that I'm not sure how to actually use this theorem to show it, I dont understand how I can find the value of the integral either, any tips solution? thanks!



Answer



This function is integrable by definition because
20f(x)dx=10dx+21+0dx=1.


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