What does Lebesgue measure zero mean and what are the advantages of Lebesgue integration over Riemann?

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I am trying to learn about Lebesgue integration and have some initial questions:

  • Why is Lebesgue integration used instead of Riemann integration? What are its benefits/disadvantages?
  • What does it mean for a set to have Lebesgue measure zero?
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Advantages of the Riemann integral: quicker to define. Continuous functions on a finite closed interval have a R integral. It can be taught to high school students. In fact, it is easy to define the integral of a continuous function on $[a,b]$ with values in a Banach space. Try that with the Lebesgue integral in a quick manner.

I think the Lebesgue integral needs either measure theory predefined, or a bit of topology ( semi-continuous functions, etc). Not suitable for high school.