A generalization of a result about Riemann sums.

Kenneth Ross

Beginning with the observation that the nicest Riemann sums for a continuous function f on [0,1] converge to the integral of f, we'll discuss an interesting generalization in a variety of settings, including n-dimensional Euclidean space and infinite products of [0,1]. The general setting will be a locally compact group, but acquaintance with this concept will not be needed to appreciate the story.