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Upper bound on the integral of a step function inequality

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Problem

I have been working through content in real analysis and came across across an inequality in a proof that is unclear to me.

We are told that a function $\psi$ is a step function on the interval $[a,b]$ where there exists partition $P=\{ p_0 \ldots p_k \}$ for which $\psi$ is constant on all intervals $(p_{i-1},p_i)$.

The proof begins with the inequality in question:

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where we define $a_i=a+i\frac{(b-a)}n$

I understand that we can replace each value $\psi (a_i)$ with $\lVert \psi \lVert_\infty$ to bound the left hand side.

However, I’m not quite sure how they have derived the upper bound $2k\frac{(b-a)}n\lVert \psi\lVert_\infty$ from the information provided.

I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on what I’m failing to understand here.

Edit

I have included more of the proof for clarity where the aim is to show that as $n \rightarrow\infty$ the left hand side converges to $0$:

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where $S[a,b]$ is the set of step functions on $[a,b]$.


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