Chapter 3: Problem 4
(a) Suppose \((X, \mathcal{S}, \mu)\) is a measure space with \(\mu(X)<\infty\). Suppose that \(f: X \rightarrow[0, \infty)\) is a bounded \(\mathcal{S}\) -measurable function. Prove that $$ \int f \mathrm{~d} \mu=\inf \left\\{\sum_{j=1}^{m} \mu\left(A_{j}\right) \sup _{A_{j}} f: A_{1}, \ldots, A_{m} \text { is an } \mathcal{S} \text { -partition of } X\right\\}. $$ (b) Show that the conclusion of part (a) can fail if the hypothesis that \(f\) is bounded is replaced by the hypothesis that \(\int f \mathrm{~d} \mu<\infty\). (c) Show that the conclusion of part (a) can fail if the condition that \(\mu(X)<\infty\) is deleted. [Part (a) of this exercise shows that if we had defined an upper Lebesgue sum, then we could have used it to define the integral. However, parts \((b)\) and \((c)\) show that the hypotheses that \(f\) is bounded and that \(\mu(X)<\infty\) would be needed if defining the integral via the equation above. The definition of the integral via the lower Lebesgue sum does not require these hypotheses, showing the advantage of using the approach via the lower Lebesgue sum.]
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