Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - The Definite Integral - 5.2 Exercises - Page 591: 72

Answer

$f$ is not integrable on $[0,1]$

Work Step by Step

Let $x_1^* = 0$ in the first subinterval of $[0,1]$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ $= f(0)(\frac{1}{n})+\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=2}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ $= 0+\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=2}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ Let $~~x_1^* = c~~$ such that $\frac{1}{c} \gt n$ in the first subinterval of $[0,1]$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ $= f(c)(\frac{1}{n})+\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=2}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ $= (\frac{1}{c})(\frac{1}{n})+\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=2}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ $\gt 1+\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=2}^{n}f(x_i^*)\Delta x$ Since the two limits are not equal, $f$ is not integrable on $[0,1]$
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