Additivity and linearity lemmas for Riemann and Riemann–Stieltjes integrals
Linearity in the integrand and additivity over subintervals for Riemann and Riemann–Stieltjes integrals
Additivity and linearity (Riemann integral): Let be Riemann integrable and let . Then:
- is Riemann integrable on , and
- For any , is Riemann integrable on and on , and
Additivity and linearity (Riemann–Stieltjes integral): Let be increasing. If are Riemann–Stieltjes integrable with respect to on and , then is Riemann–Stieltjes integrable with respect to and Moreover, for any ,
Remarks
These are the basic algebraic rules that make integration behave like a linear functional and allow interval decomposition.