Continuity of parameter integrals on compact rectangles

ID: continuity-of-parameter-integrals-on-compact-rectangles

If is jointly continuous on a compact rectangle , then the displayed parameter integral is continuous on . For , pointwise continuity gives . The extreme value theorem bounds by a constant on the rectangle, and is integrable on the finite interval . The dominated convergence theorem gives .
The same conclusion holds on an unbounded parameter interval if is jointly continuous there: use a compact rectangle around each fixed parameter value. A global bound over the whole parameter range is unnecessary.

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