Basic Analysis I — Real Analysis · Problem 5.5.11

The Riemann Integral — Jiri Lebl

Mathematics — Real Analysis · improper-integrals

Problem

(More challenging): Find an example of a function f:[0,∞)→Rf : [0, \infty) \to \mathbb{R} integrable on all intervals such that lim⁡n→∞∫0nf\lim_{n \to \infty} \int_0^n f converges as a limit of a sequence (so n∈Nn \in \mathbb{N}), but such that ∫0∞f\int_0^{\infty} f does not exist. Hint: For all n∈Nn \in \mathbb{N}, divide [n,n+1][n, n+1] into two halves. On one half make the function negative, on the other make the function positive.

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