Triangle Inequality for Integrals/Real

Theorem
Let $f$ be a real function which is continuous on the closed interval $\closedint a b$.

Then:
 * $\ds \size {\int_a^b \map f t \rd t} \le \int_a^b \size {\map f t} \rd t$

Proof
From Negative of Absolute Value, we have for all $a \in \closedint a b$:


 * $-\size {\map f t} \le \map f t \le \size {\map f t}$

Thus from Relative Sizes of Definite Integrals:


 * $\ds -\int_a^b \size {\map f t} \rd t \le \int_a^b \map f t \rd t \le \int_a^b \size {\map f t} \rd t$

Hence the result.

Also see

 * Triangle Inequality for Integrals, of which this is a special case