Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ia / Paper 1 / 12E / a / Solution

For a bounded function, the lower and upper integrals are the supremum of lower Darboux sums and infimum of upper Darboux sums. It is Riemann integrable when these agree.

Here $u(x)=1/x-\lfloor 1/x\rfloor$ for $x>0$, so $0\le u<1$. On $[\delta ,1]$ it has only finitely many discontinuities and is piecewise continuous, hence integrable. On $[0,\delta ]$ its upper-minus-lower contribution is at most $\delta$. Taking $\delta \downarrow 0$ proves integrability on $[0,1]$.

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