If $g$ is non negative and $g \in \mathcal{R}[a, b]$ with $\int_a^b g =0$, then is $g$ zero almost everywhere?

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Is this result true, and if so, how do I prove it?

Since the supremum of the lower sums of partitions of $[a, b]$ is zero, as $g$ is non negative, this means that for every $x , y$, $a \leq x < y \leq b$, $\inf_{t \in [x, y]} g = 0$.

Also, $g$ is continuous almost everywhere. Could we conclude that $g$ is zero at all its points of continuity?

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If $g$ is Riemann integrable, it is Lesbesgue integrable. Because $\int_a^b g =0$, $g$ is zero almost everywhere.

As a non-negative map $f$ continuous at a point $a$ and positive at $a$ has a positive integral, $g$ is zero at all its points of continuity.