Integration by means of Riemann sums in Banach spaces. I (Q1176629)

Summary: In 1938, \textit{G. Birkhoff} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 38, 357-378 (1935; Zbl 0013.00803)] developed a theory of integration in Banach spaces which uses the approach via modified Riemann sums. In our paper, we generalize Birkhoff's integration by basing it on an arbitrary set of ``\(\mu\)-partitions'' (being directed in a natural way) instead of the set of all ``\(\mu\)-partitions'' of the underlying measure space \((F,\mu)\). Our technique of working with infinite Riemann sums and limits of filtered families of such sums takes advantage of the 1-point completions of certain partial universal algebras as discussed by the second author [J. Reine Angew. Math. 267, 115-132 (1974; Zbl 0287.40012)].