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===Darboux integrals=== The '''upper Darboux integral''' of ''f'' is :<math>U_f = \inf\{U_{f,P} \colon P \text{ is a partition of } [a,b]\}.</math> The '''lower Darboux integral''' of ''f'' is :<math>L_f = \sup\{L_{f,P} \colon P \text{ is a partition of } [a,b]\}.</math> In some literature, an integral symbol with an underline and overline represent the lower and upper Darboux integrals respectively: :<math>\begin{align} &{} L_f \equiv \underline{\int_{a}^{b}} f(x) \, \mathrm{d}x, \\ &{} U_f \equiv \overline{\int_{a}^{b}} f(x) \, \mathrm{d}x, \end{align}</math> and like Darboux sums they are sometimes simply called the ''lower and upper integrals''. If ''U''<sub>''f''</sub> = ''L''<sub>''f''</sub>, then we call the common value the ''Darboux integral''.<ref>Wolfram MathWorld</ref> We also say that ''f'' is ''Darboux-integrable'' or simply ''integrable'' and set :<math>\int_a^b {f(t)\,dt} = U_f = L_f.</math> An equivalent and sometimes useful criterion for the integrability of ''f'' is to show that for every Ξ΅ > 0 there exists a partition ''P''<sub>Ξ΅</sub> of [''a'', ''b''] such that<ref>Spivak 2008, chapter 13.</ref> :<math>U_{f,P_\epsilon} - L_{f,P_\epsilon} < \varepsilon.</math>
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