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F maps into 0 infinity not all of r so the running integral is always non decreasing

Let F be the set of all functions f:[0,)[0,)f : [0,\infty) \to [0,\infty) that are Riemann integrable on [0,t] for all t[0,)t\in[0,\infty). Which of the following statements are necessarily true?

  1. A.If f∈F is a continuous function and f(n)=0 for all positive integers n, then lim(x)0\lim(x\to\infty)\int_{0}ˣf(t)dt exists in R\mathbb{R}.
  2. B.If f∈F is uniformly continuous and lim(x)0\lim(x\to\infty)\int_{0}ˣf(t)dt exists in R\mathbb{R}, then lim(x)f(x)=0\lim(x\to\infty)f(x)=0.
  3. C.There exists a function f∈F such that lim(x)0\lim(x\to\infty)\int_{0}ˣf(t)dt exists in R\mathbb{R} but lim(x)f(x)0\lim(x\to\infty)f(x)\ne0.
  4. D.If f∈F is Lebesgue measurable and lim(x)0\lim(x\to\infty)\int_{0}ˣf(t)dt=0, then f=0 almost everywhere on [0,)[0,\infty).

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

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Related counterexample: If ∫₀^∞ f converges then f(x) → 0

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