Absolutely integrable function

In mathematics, an absolutely integrable function is a function whose absolute value is integrable,

meaning that the integral of the absolute value over the whole domain is finite.

For a real-valued function, since

where

both and must be finite. In Lebesgue integration, this is exactly the requirement
for any measurable function f to be considered integrable, with the integral then equaling
, so that in fact "absolutely integrable" means the same thing as "Lebesgue
integrable" for measurable functions.

The same thing goes for a complex-valued function. Let us define

where and are the real and imaginary parts of . Then

so

This shows that the sum of the four integrals (in the middle) is finite if and only if the integral of the
absolute value is finite, and the function is Lebesgue integrable only if all the four integrals are finite. So
having a finite integral of the absolute value is equivalent to the conditions for the function to be "Lebesgue
integrable".

External links
"Absolutely integrable function – Encyclopedia of Mathematics" (https://www.encyclopediaof
math.org/index.php/Absolutely_integrable_function). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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