Alphabeta Math
CounterexampleConstruction: Literature-sourcedVerification: AI-adaptedprecheck passaudited 2026-08-28
How statement and proof provenance work

The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.

  • Literature-sourced: the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
  • AI-adapted: a semantically identical restatement of literature-sourced material, modulo indexing, notation, and boundary cases adopted by the library.
  • AI-generated: a genuinely novel statement formulated by AI, with no source for the claim itself.

These labels describe origin, not correctness: citations and verification chips remain separate evidence.

The sine integral is improperly Riemann integrable and not Lebesgue integrable

Statement refuted

Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice.

If an improper Riemann integral converges on a half-line, then the same function is Lebesgue integrable there.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice. Let f(x):={1,x=0,sin⁡x/x,x>0.

[L1]

Dirichlet's test makes ∫1∞sin⁡x/x dx converge. (Dirichlet's test for improper integrals)

[L2]

Uniform oscillatory tail mass forces failure of absolute convergence. (Uniform oscillatory tail mass forces failure of absolute convergence)

[L4]

The improper integral over a half-line is the limit of the truncated integrals. (Improper integrals over unbounded intervals)

[L5]

A real measurable function is Lebesgue integrable exactly when the integral of its absolute value is finite. (Integrable real and complex functions, and their integrals)

[L6]

An improper integral is absolutely convergent when the corresponding improper integral of the absolute value converges, and conditionally convergent when the original improper integral converges but the absolute one does not. (Absolute and conditional convergence of improper integrals)

[L7]

A continuous function on a closed bounded interval is Riemann integrable. (A continuous function on [a,b] is Riemann integrable, by Heine-Cantor and Riemann's criterion)

[L8]

Assuming the Axiom of Countable Choice, on every compact interval a bounded Riemann integrable function has the same Lebesgue and Riemann integrals. (A bounded Riemann integrable function on a closed bounded interval is Lebesgue measurable and has the same integral)

[L9]

Monotone convergence holds for nonnegative measurable functions. (Monotone convergence for the integral)

Counterexample

technique · direct
1.1L1L3L4L6

The function f is continuous on [0,1], so its proper integral there exists. By [L1], the improper integral ∫1∞sin⁡xx dx converges. For R>1, [L3] gives ∫0Rf(x) dx=∫01f(x) dx+∫1Rsin⁡xx dx. Passing to the limit as R→∞ and using [L4], the improper integral ∫0∞sin⁡xx dx converges. In the terminology of [L6], the sine integral is convergent.

1.2L2L3L4algebra

Apply [L2] with the nonincreasing function g(x)=1/x, the bounded-gap sequence xj=jπ, and the locally integrable oscillatory factor u(x)=sin⁡x. Since ∫jπ(j+1)π∣sin⁡x∣ dx=2(j≥1), [L2] yields divergence of ∫1∞∣sin⁡x∣x dx. Because ∣f∣ is continuous on [0,1], its proper integral there exists, so [L3] and [L4] show that ∫0∞∣f(x)∣ dx also diverges. Thus the improper integral of sin⁡x/x is not absolutely convergent.

2.1step 1.1step 1.2L4L5L6L7L8L9∎

By [L6], steps 1.1 and 1.2 show that the sine integral is only conditionally convergent. If f were Lebesgue integrable on [0,∞), then [L5] would force ∫[0,∞)∣f∣ dλ1<+∞, so ∣f∣ would be Lebesgue integrable on the half-line. For each natural number n≥1, put hn:=∣f∣ χ[0,n]. Then 0≤hn≤hn+1 and hn(x)↑∣f(x)∣ for every x≥0. Since ∣f∣ is continuous on [0,n], [L7] makes it Riemann integrable there, and [L8] gives ∫[0,∞)hn dλ1=∫[0,n]∣f∣ dλ1=∫0n∣f(x)∣ dx. Because hn↑∣f∣, [L9] yields lim⁡n→∞∫0n∣f(x)∣ dx=lim⁡n→∞∫[0,∞)hn dλ1=∫[0,∞)∣f∣ dλ1<+∞. By [L4], that finite limit is exactly the improper integral ∫0∞∣f(x)∣ dx, so the absolute improper integral converges, contradicting step 1.2. Therefore f is not Lebesgue integrable on the half-line, and the statement is false.

Depends on

Used by

Nothing in the library uses this result yet.

Dependency tree · two levels

70 results within two dependency steps of this one, each drawn at its shortest distance from it. An arrow runs from a result to what uses it, so the chart reads left to right and ends at this result, which carries a heavier outline. Every node is a link to that result. Click elsewhere on the chart to enlarge it.

Sources