Problem:
Show that the constant function is integrable and find its value of integration.
Suppose \(f:\mathbb [a,b]\to \mathbb R\) such that \(f(x)=\lambda\) where \(\lambda\) is any constant. Let \(P\) be any partition on \([a,b]\), ie \[P=\left\{a=t_0<t_1<t_2\cdots< t_n=b\right\}\] then Upper Darboux sum and Lower Darboux sum we evaluate by U(f,P)=1≤k≤n∑Sup{f(x):x∈[tk−1,tk]}(tk−tk−1)L(f,P)=1≤k≤n∑inf{f(x):x∈[tk−1,tk]}(tk−tk−1) Now what about the supremum and infimum of f(x)? If sup{f(x):x∈[a,b]}=λ but then f(x) is constant so infimum of f(x) is also λ which immediately follows that L(f,P)=λ(b−a)=U(f,P) Further L(f)≥L(f,P),U(f)≤U(f,P)⟹L(f)=U(f)=λ(b−a) shows that f(x) is integrable and its values isL(f)≤∫abf(x)≤U(f)⟹∫abf(x)dx=λ(b−a)
Now how to show that the supremum and infimum of the constant function is constant itself without using completeness property?
Any sorts of help will be appreciated.
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