Department of Statistics, Savitribai Phule Pune University

ST 104: Calculus, Tutorial - 6,

1. Suppose f : [a, b] R is an integrable function and there are , R such that f .
Then show that
(b a)

Zb

f (x)dx (b a).

As a special case, show that


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Z


 f (x)dx (b a).




a

2. Suppose f : [a, b] R. (i). If f is monotonic, then show that it is integrable. (ii) If f is

continuous, then show that it is integrable.
3. Suppose f : [a, b] R is an integrable function. Let g : [a, b] R be such that {x [a, b] :
g(x) 6= f (x)} = {c1 , ..., cn }. Then g is integrable and
Zb

Zb

f (x)dx =
a

g(x)dx.
a

4. Let f, g : [a, b] R be integrable functions. Then prove the following.

(a) f + g is integrable and

Rb

f (x) + g(x)dx =

Rb

Rb

f (x)dx + g(x)dx

Rb

Rb

(b) c f is integrable for any c R, and (cf )(x)dx = c

f (x)dx.

(c) f g is integrable.
(d) If there is > 0 such that |f (x)| and all x [a, b], then 1/f is integrable.
(e) If f (x) 0 for all x [a, b], then for any k N, the function f (1/k) is integrable.
5. Let f, g : [a, b] R be integrable. (i) If f g, then show that

Rb

f (x)dx

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Rb
 Rb


Show that the function |f | is integrable and  f (x)dx |f (x)|dx.
a
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6. Let f : [a, b] R be a polynomial function of degree m.

(a) If m 1, then show that

Rb

f (x)dx =

(ba)
2 [f (a)

f (x)dx =

(ba)
6

(b) If m 2, then show that

Rb
a

+ f (b)].

f (a) + 4f

a+b
2

Rb

+ f (b) .

g(x)dx. (ii)

7. Let c [a, b] and f : [a, b] R be given by

(

f (x) =

0 if a x c
1 1 if c < x b

Show from first principles that f is integrable on [a, b].

8. Examine the integrability of the function f : [0, 1] R
(

f (x) =

1 + x if x is rational
1
1 if x is irrational

9. Give an example of a function f which is neither monotonic nor continuous on [a, b], but is
integrable. Find the Riemann integral of f.
10. Let f, g are integrable on [a, b]. Show that max(f, g) and min(f, g) are integrable on [a, b].
11. Give examples of bounded functions f, g : [a, b] R that are not integrable.