Upper Darboux Integral: Not Integrable?

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The discussion centers on the Upper Darboux Integral and its implications regarding the integrability of functions. It is established that if a function f: [a,b] → R is not integrable, then there exists a positive epsilon (ε > 0) such that for any partition P of the interval [a,b], the difference between the upper sum (U) and lower sum (L) satisfies the condition U - L ≥ ε. This conclusion reinforces the relationship between non-integrability and the behavior of upper and lower sums across partitions.

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if a function f is not integrable does it imply, that there exists such an epsilon that whichever partition P i choose it will follow this condition
Uf,p-Lf,p>=Epsilon?
 
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Looks ok yea, f:[a,b]->R not integrable implies there exists an e > 0 such that for all partitions P of [a,b], U - L >= e.
 
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