Example 6.14 in Rudin Functional analysis

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I was reading Rudin Functional Analysis

I came across the fact that even though the derivative of distribution exist in the classical sense, both weak derivative and classical derivative need not match.

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I have the following doubt.

1) I do not find where in proof Auther proved f is absolute continuous

2) Also, I do not understand how to use Fubini theorem to equate both.

Please Help me.

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He doesn't prove or claim to have proved that $f$ is absolutely continuous. He shows that $f$ is AC if and only if the two derivatives are equal. (Indeed, the fact that $f$ may not be AC is the whole point: It's precisely when $f$ is not AC that the construction gives the counterexample he claims to be constructing.)

Maybe you're asking about the proof that $f$ is AC assuming the two derivatives are equal: We know from (1) that $D\Lambda_f=\Lambda_\mu$. So if $D\Lambda_f=\Lambda_{Df}$ then $\Lambda_{Df}=\Lambda_\mu$.. Hence $Df=\mu$, so $$f(x)-f(-\infty)=\mu((-\infty,x))=\int_{-\infty}^ Df(t)\,dt,$$which shows that $f$ is $AC$.

About the proof of (1) by Fubini: Suppose $\phi\in C^\infty_c(\Bbb R)$. Then $\newcommand\ip[2]{\langle #1,\rangle}$ $$\langle\phi,{D\Lambda_f}\rangle=-\int \phi' f =-\int_{-\infty}^\infty\phi'(t)\int_{-\infty}^t\,d\mu(x)dt =-\int_{-\infty}^\infty\int_x^\infty \phi'(t)\,dtd\mu(x)=\int\phi\,d\mu,$$which says precisely (1).