Riemann–Stieltjes linearity: Let a<ba<b and let f,h,g1,g2:[a,b]→Rf,h,g_1,g_2:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}. Suppose the indicated exist. For scalars α,β∈R\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{R}:

  • If ∫abf dg\int_a^b f\,dg and ∫abh dg\int_a^b h\,dg exist, then ∫ab(αf+βh) dg\int_a^b (\alpha f+\beta h)\,dg exists and
    ∫ab(αf+βh) dg=α∫abf dg+β∫abh dg.\int_a^b (\alpha f+\beta h)\,dg = \alpha\int_a^b f\,dg+\beta\int_a^b h\,dg.
  • If ∫abf dg1\int_a^b f\,dg_1 and ∫abf dg2\int_a^b f\,dg_2 exist, then ∫abf d(αg1+βg2)\int_a^b f\,d(\alpha g_1+\beta g_2) exists and
    ∫abf d(αg1+βg2)=α∫abf dg1+β∫abf dg2.\int_a^b f\,d(\alpha g_1+\beta g_2) = \alpha\int_a^b f\,dg_1+\beta\int_a^b f\,dg_2.
Remarks

These identities are the Riemann–Stieltjes analog of and are used routinely together with .