We consider the function
-
given by
-
This function is not
Riemann-integrable,
because it it neither bounded from above nor from below. Hence, there exist no
upper step functions
for . However, still has a
primitive function.
To see this, we consider the function
-
This function is
differentiable.
For
,
the derivative is
-
For
,
the
difference quotient
is
-
For , the
limit
exists and equals , so that is differentiable everywhere
(but not continuously differentiable).
The first summand in is
continuous,
and therefore, due to
fact,
it has a primitive function . Hence is a primitive function for . This follows for
from the explicit derivative and for
from
-