For a bounded function \( f: [a, b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) and a partition \( P = \{ x_0, x_1, \ldots, x_n \} \) of the interval \([a, b]\), the lower sum \( L(f, P) \) is defined as:
\[
L(f, P) = \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} m_i (x_{i+1} - x_i)
\]
where \( m_i = \inf \{
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