We show that the space C^0 is not complete in the L^1 norm and use this to motivate the abstract completion of a normed space and the Lebesgue integral. We use this approach to define the family L^p of Lebesgue spaces as the completion of the space of continuous functions in the L^p norm, and we prove some properties of these spaces.
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