Question 8.T.7: (Positivity Property) If f ∈ R(a, b) is non-negative, then a...

Elements of Real Analysis

(Positivity Property)

If $f ∈ \mathcal{R}(a, b)$ is non-negative, then

$\int_{a}^{b}{f ≥ 0}.$

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