Proving the Limit of Integrable Functions on a Closed Interval

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Prove: If f is integrable on [a , b] then
lim f =0
x[tex]\rightarrow[/tex]a+

the integral goes from a to x.

How do i go about and prove this? I'm confused.
Please help me out!
Thank You
 
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Do you mean
[tex]\lim_{x\rightarrow a^+} \int_a^x f(t)dt= 0[/tex]

The way you have written it, that the limit of f is 0, makes no sense- that certainly is not necessarily true.

My suggestion here is the same as to your other question: use the definition of integral in terms of Riemann sums.
 


I've never learn Riemann sum definition.
What is that?
 


First, is what I wrote what you mean. And if you have never learned Riemann sums, what definition of [itex]\int_a^b f(x)dx[/itex] are you using?