Perron integral
A generalization of the concept of the Lebesgue integral. A function is said to be integrable in the sense of Perron over
if there exist functions
(a major function) and
(a minor function) such that
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( and
are the upper and lower derivatives) for
, and if the lower bound to the values
of the majorants
is equal to the upper bound of the values
of the minorants
. Their common value is called the Perron integral of
over
and is denoted by
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The Perron integral recovers a function from its pointwise finite derivative; it is equivalent to the narrow Denjoy integral. The Perron integral for bounded functions was introduced by O. Perron [1], while the final definition was given by H. Bauer [2].
References
[1] | O. Perron, "Ueber den Integralbegriff" Sitzungsber. Heidelberg. Akad. Wiss. , VA (1914) pp. 1–16 |
[2] | H. Bauer, "Der Perronsche Integralbegriff und seine Beziehung auf Lebesguesschen" Monatsh. Math. Phys. , 26 (1915) pp. 153–198 |
[3] | S. Saks, "Theory of the integral" , Hafner (1952) (Translated from French) |
[4] | I.A. Vinogradova, V.A. Skvortsov, "Generalized integrals and Fourier series" Itogi Nauk. Mat. Anal. 1970 (1971) pp. 67–107 (In Russian) |
Comments
Perron's method is easier than Denjoy's, but Denjoy's method is more constructive. See (the editorial comments to) Denjoy integral.
For the definition of a major function and a minor function of see (the editorial comments to) Perron–Stieltjes integral.
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