Cauchy Criterion

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Theorem

A bounded function f:[a,b]Rf:[a, b] \rightarrow R is Riemann integrable iff for every ϵ>0\epsilon > 0 there exists a partition PϵP_\epsilon of [a,b][a,b], such that:

U(f,Pϵ)L(f,Pϵ)ϵU(f, P_\epsilon) - L(f, P_\epsilon) \le \epsilon
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