Since $ \int_X|f|\mbox{d}\mu = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}\int_{E_n}|f|\mbox{d}\mu $, and $ E_n=\{x \in X : n-1 \leq |f| \leq n\} $, then $ \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}(n-1)\mu(E_n) \leq \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}\int_{E_n}|f|\mbox{d}\mu \leq\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}n\mu(E_n). $
