Assumptions

  1. closed interval
  2. =

Partition

A partition of nodes

Length

If then is called the length

set of all partitions For with n-1 nodes

Notation

Let

Notice

Lower Riemann sum

Let for in , this is Lower Riemann sum

Upper Riemann sum

this is Upper Riemann sum

Theorem

Remark

Clearly [a,b]

Lower Riemann Integration

Upper Riemann Integration

Riemann integral

A bounded function is Riemann integral