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5.11 Properties of double integrals.

Proposition.

For a region RR, functions ff and gg, and a constant CC, the following hold:

R(f+g)dxdy=Rfdxdy+Rgdxdy;\int\!\!\!\int_{R}(f+g)\,dxdy=\int\!\!\!\int_{R}f\,dxdy+\int\!\!\!\int_{R}g\,dxdy; \qquad(i)
RCfdxdy=CRfdxdy.\int\!\!\!\int_{R}Cf\,dxdy=C\int\!\!\!\int_{R}f\,dxdy. \qquad(ii)

(iii)(iii) For disjoint regions SS and TT with union R=STR=S\cup T:

Rfdxdy=Sfdxdy+Tfdxdy.\int\!\!\!\int_{R}f\,dxdy=\int\!\!\!\int_{S}f\,dxdy+\int\!\!\!\int_{T}f\,dxdy.

(iv)(iv) The area of the region RR is A=Rdxdy.A=\int\!\!\!\int_{R}dxdy.

(v)(v) If mf(x,y)Mm\leq f(x,y)\leq M for all (x,y)(x,y) in RR and RR has area AA, then

mARf(x,y)dxdyMA.mA\leq\int\!\!\!\int_{R}f(x,y)\,dxdy\leq MA.