The integral on \(\sigma\)-classes is monotonic (Q1067704)

We show that the integral on \(\sigma\)-classes preserves the ordering of functions whenever we consider the finitely valued functions or, more generally, countably valued functions whose values tend to zero. The latter results answer the question posed by \textit{S. Gudder}, Found. Probab. Theor., stat. Inference, stat. Theor. Sci., Vol. III, Proc. int. Res. Colloq., London/Can. 1973, 121-141 (1976; Zbl 0329.60004).