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Past exam of the options II course of the University of Oxford 2011 D D3 b ii Solution by
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Use the nonnegative-part convention , where and . The zero-mean assumption givesFor , write the integral over the th period as , whereBoth and lie in the interval . Their difference therefore satisfies the stronger estimateConsequently converges absolutely as a series of numbers, proving the requested limit of integrals over whole periods. This does not assert absolute integrability of the original function: the cancellation took place inside each period.
Indeed, setting , we haveThe harmonic series diverges, so is Lebesgue integrable only if . Conversely means almost everywhere on one period, and hence on all periods, so almost everywhere. ThereforeThis is an example of integrating a mean-zero periodic function divided by x.
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