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- From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
- Subject: Re: Lebesgue integral (was: Couple of questions
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 01:19:32 GMT
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- In article <12tnxa#.kmc@netcom.com> kmc@netcom.com (Kevin McCarty) writes:
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- >But is this a question of convenience or necessity?
- >In other words, how badly would you miss them if you threw out the
- >non-Riemann-square-integrable functions from L^2(R^3)?
- >Could still you do physics with but a slight limp, or would you be
- >flat on your back?
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- Since I do mathematical physics I would be flat on my back. Perhaps
- people who only deal with explicit solutions or numerical analysis could
- get away with the Riemann integral. In any event, I have no desire for
- even a slight limp, so it's the Lebesgue integral for me. If someone
- invents a noticeably better one that's fine with me, too (cf Adler's post).
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