Riemann sums with equidistant sample points converge to the integral

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Suppose $f \in R(x)$ on $[0,1]$. Define $$a_n = \frac 1n \sum_{k=1}^n f(\frac kn)$$ for all n. Prove $\{a_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ converges to $\int_0^1 fdt$.

Honestly I've been trying to tackle this problem for away and am not really even sure how to begin, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

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What definition of Riemann integral are you using?

For me, it's a number $s$ such that for any $\epsilon >0$ there is a $\delta$ such that the Riemann sum on a mesh finer than $\delta$ is within $\epsilon$ of $s$.

In that case, you need to show that for any $\epsilon$ there is a $N$ such that $\left| a_n - \int_0^1fdt \right| < \epsilon$ whenever $n>N$. So just choose $N$ such that $1/N < \delta$ in the definition of the Riemann integral, since your sequence is a sequence of Riemann sums.

EDIT: Let me spell out some more details given your comments. The sum that you have evaluates $f$ at $\frac{k}{n}$ and multiplies by $\frac{1}{n}$ and then sums. So, that's like dividing $[0,1]$ in to $n$ equal sized parts of $\frac{1}{n}$ and marking the right endpoint of each part of the partition.

So, given $\epsilon$, we know there is a $\delta$ such that taking any partition $P$ with $\mu(P)<\delta$ and any way of marking it, the Riemann sum is within $\epsilon$ of $\int_0^1fdt$. So, if we take $N$ very large, so that $\frac{1}{N} < \delta$, then with $n\geq N$ the partition $P_n$ that cuts $[0,1]$ in to equal sized pieces of size $\frac{1}{n}$ is such that taking the Riemann sum with any marking over that partition is within $\epsilon$ of $\int_0^1fdt$. So, in particular, if we take right endpoints in the partition, we get the sum $$ \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}f\left(\frac{k}{n}\right) $$ is within $\epsilon$ of the integral.

So, given $\epsilon$, we can find a $N$ such that for all $n\geq N$ we have $|a_n - \int_0^1fdt|<\epsilon$, which shows that $a_n$ converges to the integral.