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An integrable function whose sections vanish outside finite sets has multiple integral zero

Statement

Let ARpA\subseteq\mathbb R^p and BRqB\subseteq\mathbb R^q be nondegenerate closed rectangles, and let f:A×BRf:A\times B\to\mathbb R be Riemann integrable. If the set S:={xA:fx is not identically 0}S:=\{x\in A:f_x\text{ is not identically }0\} is finite, then A×Bf=0\int_{A\times B}f=0. The analogous assertion holds with the coordinate blocks exchanged.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An integrable f:A×BRf:A\times B\to\mathbb R whose nonzero BB-sections are indexed by a finite set SS.

[L1]

Riemann--Fubini permits a content-zero exceptional set of parameters and identifies the multiple integral with the resulting iterated integral (Riemann--Fubini on product rectangles, with lower and upper section integrals and content-zero exceptional sections).

[L2]

A set has content zero when it admits finite cube covers of arbitrarily small total volume (Measure zero and content zero in Rm\mathbb{R}^m by countable and finite cube covers).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

A finite subset of Rp\mathbb R^p has content zero by [L2]: for a given ε>0\varepsilon>0, cover its finitely many points by cubes whose total volume is below ε\varepsilon.

L2given
2.1

Outside SS every section is identically zero and has integral zero. Complete the section-integral function by the value 00 on SS and apply [L1]; the resulting outer function is identically zero, so the multiple integral is zero.

L1step 1.1
3.1

If SS is empty then ff itself is identically zero, and step 2.1 still applies. Exchanging the coordinate blocks proves the symmetric assertion.

step 2.1algebra

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