Oscillation criterion: Let a<ba<b and let f:[a,b]→Rf:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R} be bounded. For a P={a=x0<x1<⋯<xn=b}P=\{a=x_0<x_1<\cdots<x_n=b\}, let ωi\omega_i be the of ff on the subinterval [xi−1,xi][x_{i-1},x_i]. Then ff is a on [a,b][a,b] if and only if for every ε>0\varepsilon>0 there exists a partition PP such that

∑i=1nωi (xi−xi−1)<ε.\sum_{i=1}^n \omega_i\,(x_i-x_{i-1})<\varepsilon.

This criterion is equivalent to the usual definition via and , and it is especially useful for proving integrability results like .