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A bounded Riemann integrable function on a closed bounded interval is Lebesgue measurable and has the same integral
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice. Let and let be bounded and Riemann integrable. Then is Lebesgue measurable on and is integrable there, and its Lebesgue integral equals its Riemann integral:
This is the point at which the completeness of Lebesgue measure is used essentially: the proof obtains a Borel function equal to almost everywhere, and measurability of itself is then a completeness statement.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice, reals , a bounded Riemann integrable function , its Riemann integral , and a real with on .
The envelope lemma produces bounded Borel functions with and (A bounded Riemann integrable function admits Borel Darboux envelopes with the same Lebesgue integral)
A nonnegative measurable function has integral exactly when it vanishes almost everywhere. (A nonnegative measurable function has integral exactly when it vanishes almost everywhere)
On a complete measure space, a function equal almost everywhere to a measurable function is measurable. (On a complete measure space, equality almost everywhere preserves measurability)
Lebesgue measure on is complete. (Assuming countable choice, is a sigma-algebra containing every elementary set and is a complete measure extending elementary volume)
Two integrable functions that agree almost everywhere have the same integral over every measurable set. (Two integrable functions are equal almost everywhere exactly when all of their indefinite integrals agree)
If a real measurable function is bounded in absolute value by a nonnegative integrable function, then its absolute value has finite integral; a measurable real function is integrable exactly when the integral of its absolute value is finite. (Closure properties of measurable functions used by the integral, Monotonicity and nonnegative homogeneity of the nonnegative integral, The nonnegative integral agrees with the simple integral on simple functions, The integral of a nonnegative simple function, Integrable real and complex functions, and their integrals)
The interval is Lebesgue measurable with measure . (A box in with parameters is Lebesgue measurable of measure , whichever of its faces are included)
Proof
By [L1], choose bounded Borel functions on with [L1, L2] and both integrals equal to . Then and So [L2] gives almost everywhere. Since , the same null set yields almost everywhere.
By [L4], the measure space is [step 1.1, L3, L4] complete. The function is measurable because it is Borel, so [L3] applied to step 1.1 shows that is Lebesgue measurable.
The constant function is a nonnegative simple measurable [step 2.1, L1, L6, L7] function, and [L6] together with [L7] gives Since step 2.1 makes measurable and , [L6] yields Hence is Lebesgue integrable on . By the boundedness of in [L1], choose a finite with on . The same simple-function estimate gives , so is integrable as well.
Steps 1.1 and 3.1 show that and are integrable and agree [step 1.1, step 3.1, L1, L5] almost everywhere. Taking the measurable set in [L5] gives By [L1], the right-hand side is . So the Lebesgue and Riemann integrals of agree.
Depends on
A bounded Riemann integrable function admits Borel Darboux envelopes with the same Lebesgue integral
A nonnegative measurable function has integral exactly when it vanishes almost everywhere
On a complete measure space, equality almost everywhere preserves measurability
Two integrable functions are equal almost everywhere exactly when all of their indefinite integrals agree
Assuming countable choice, is a sigma-algebra containing every elementary set and is a complete measure extending elementary volume
Closure properties of measurable functions used by the integral
Monotonicity and nonnegative homogeneity of the nonnegative integral
The nonnegative integral agrees with the simple integral on simple functions
The integral of a nonnegative simple function
Integrable real and complex functions, and their integrals
A box in with parameters is Lebesgue measurable of measure , whichever of its faces are included