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Primitive function and Riemann-Integral/1 over x sin 1 over x^2/Example

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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