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Linearity of the Riemann Integral of Continuous Functions, and Passage to a Uniform Limit

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Reason: New: linearity of the Riemann integral of continuous functions on a compact interval (not previously in the corpus), the order bound, and passage to uniform limits and termwise integration of uniformly convergent series. · 3,150 chars · 13 deps · depth 13

The Riemann integral of continuous functions on a compact interval is linear and bounded by the length of the interval times a bound on the integrand, and it passes to uniform limits and to termwise integration of uniformly convergent series.

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In the setting of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background, let a,ba,b be real numbers with a<ba<b, let [a,b][a,b] be the closed interval determined by aa and bb, regarded as a subset of the real line (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}), and let the codomain R\mathbb{R} carry the same metric dRd_{\mathbb{R}}. Continuity on [a,b][a,b] is that notion for maps from [a,b][a,b] to R\mathbb{R} formed with these metrics, and t|t| denotes the absolute value of tRt\in\mathbb{R}. Every integral written below is the Riemann integral on [a,b][a,b] of a function continuous on [a,b][a,b], which is Riemann integrable there by A Continuous Function on a Closed Interval is Riemann Integrable §integrable. Pointwise sums and scalar multiples of functions on [a,b][a,b] are formed as in The Real Vector Space of Real-Valued Functions on a Set. Uniform convergence of a sequence of functions and uniform convergence of a series of functions are as defined there, read with D=S=[a,b]D=S=[a,b], and convergence of a series of real numbers is as defined there. Then the following hold.

1. (Linearity) Let h1,h2:[a,b]Rh_{1},h_{2}:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on [a,b][a,b] and let cRc\in\mathbb{R}. Then h1+h2h_{1}+h_{2} and ch1c\,h_{1} are continuous on [a,b][a,b], and

ab(h1+h2)(t)dt=abh1(t)dt+abh2(t)dt,ab(ch1)(t)dt=cabh1(t)dt.\int_{a}^{b}\bigl(h_{1}+h_{2}\bigr)(t)\,dt=\int_{a}^{b}h_{1}(t)\,dt+\int_{a}^{b}h_{2}(t)\,dt, \qquad \int_{a}^{b}\bigl(c\,h_{1}\bigr)(t)\,dt=c\int_{a}^{b}h_{1}(t)\,dt .

2. (Order bound) Let h:[a,b]Rh:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on [a,b][a,b] and let MRM\in\mathbb{R} satisfy h(t)M|h(t)|\le M for every t[a,b]t\in[a,b]. Then

abh(t)dtM(ba).\Bigl|\int_{a}^{b}h(t)\,dt\Bigr|\le M\,(b-a).

3. (Uniform limits) Let (hk)kN(h_{k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence in the set of functions from [a,b][a,b] to R\mathbb{R}, let h:[a,b]Rh:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}, suppose that hkh_{k} is continuous on [a,b][a,b] for every kNk\in\mathbb{N}, and suppose that (hk)kN(h_{k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} converges uniformly to hh on [a,b][a,b]. Then hh is continuous on [a,b][a,b], and the sequence of real numbers (abhk(t)dt)kN\bigl(\int_{a}^{b}h_{k}(t)\,dt\bigr)_{k\in\mathbb{N}} converges to abh(t)dt\int_{a}^{b}h(t)\,dt.

4. (Termwise integration of a series) Let (gk)kN(g_{k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence in the set of functions from [a,b][a,b] to R\mathbb{R}, let g:[a,b]Rg:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}, suppose that gkg_{k} is continuous on [a,b][a,b] for every kNk\in\mathbb{N}, and suppose that the series k=1gk\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}g_{k} converges uniformly to gg on [a,b][a,b]. Then gg is continuous on [a,b][a,b], the series k=1abgk(t)dt\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\int_{a}^{b}g_{k}(t)\,dt converges, and

k=1abgk(t)dt=abg(t)dt.\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\int_{a}^{b}g_{k}(t)\,dt=\int_{a}^{b}g(t)\,dt .
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