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ERIC Number: EJ1475579
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 3
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-739X
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5211
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Primitives of Continuous Functions via Continuous Piecewise Linear Functions
Hongwei Lou1
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v56 n7 p1340-1342 2025
In classical calculus textbooks, the existence of primitive functions of continuous functions is proved by using Riemann integrals. Recently, Patrik Lundström gave a proof via polynomials, based on the Weierstrass approximation theorem. In this note, it is shown that the proof will be easy by using continuous piecewise linear functions.
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Mathematical Sciences, and LMNS, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China