Download or read book A Radical Approach to Lebesgue's Theory of Integration written by David M. Bressoud and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-21 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meant for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, this introduction to measure theory and Lebesgue integration is motivated by the historical questions that led to its development. The author tells the story of the mathematicians who wrestled with the difficulties inherent in the Riemann integral, leading to the work of Jordan, Borel, and Lebesgue.