Exercise · ZW-INTEGRABILITY-OF-CONTINUOUS-FUNCTIONS-001 · ★☆☆ Basic

Which of these functions is integrable on \([0,1]\) because it is continuous on the closed interval?

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  • C. \(f(x)=x^2\)

Explanation

\(x^2\) is continuous on \([0,1]\), so it is integrable. The other three are not continuous; the \(1/x\) one is also unbounded and the other two (versions of the Dirichlet function) are not integrable.

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\[f\text{ continuous on }[a,b]\ \Rightarrow\ \int_a^b f(x)\,dx\text{ exists}\]

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