(From I.S.I. M.Math Subjective Sample Paper 2013)
Let N>0 and let be denoted by f(x) = 1 if x=1/i for some integer
and f(x) = 0 for all other values of x. Show that f is Riemann Integrable.
Discussion
First let’s get the notations in place (Riemann integral has several notations in different books).
Let P be a tagged partition of [0,1] that is .
S(f,P) be the Riemann Sum of function f given this tagged partition; that is
We conjecture that the Riemann Integral of the given function is 0 (how do we know it? A guess. If we wish to eliminate this guessing step, then we have to use Cauchy criterion for the proof).
We show that for any
(that is we will be able to find a
which is the norm of a partition concerned)
Let us take that is we divide [0,1] into
parts of equal length. The Riemann sum of the given function over this partition is at most
which is smaller than $latex \mathbf{\epsilon}$
Proved