Definition 7.5 (Lebesgue measurability): a set E ⊆ ℝ^n is Lebesgue measurable iff
for every set A ⊆ ℝ^n, one has
m*(A) = m*(A ∩ E) + m*(A \ E), where m* is Lebesgue outer measure.
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The Lebesgue measure m(E) as a function defined on Lebesgue measurable sets.
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Helper for Lemma 7.2: continuity of the last-coordinate projection on ℝ^n.
Helper for Lemma 7.2: the positivity half-space is open in ℝ^n.
Helper for Lemma 7.2: every open subset of ℝ^n is Lebesgue measurable.
Lemma 7.2 (Half-spaces are measurable): in ℝ^n with n ≥ 1, the open half-space
{(x_1, …, x_n) : x_n > 0} (encoded via the last coordinate index) is Lebesgue measurable.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: preimage of a translated image under the same translation.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: preimage of an intersection with a translated image.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: preimage of a set difference with a translated image.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: translation preserves Lebesgue measurability and volume.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: finite unions and finite intersections of measurable sets are measurable.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: continuity of each coordinate projection on ℝ^n.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: coordinate open boxes and coordinate closed boxes are measurable.
Helper for Lemma 7.3: a set of outer measure zero is Carathéodory-measurable.
Lemma 7.3 (Properties of measurable sets):
(a) complements of measurable sets are measurable;
(b) translation preserves measurability and volume;
(c) measurable sets are closed under finite unions and intersections of two sets;
(d) measurable sets are closed under finite unions and intersections over Fin N;
(e) every coordinate open box and coordinate closed box in ℝ^n is measurable;
(f) sets of outer measure zero are measurable.
The measure induced by an outer measure on its Carathéodory measurable sets.
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- outerMeasureRestrictedMeasure mStar = mStar.toMeasure ⋯
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Helper for Lemma 7.4: one member of a pairwise disjoint family is disjoint from the finite
union of all other members indexed by a Finset that does not contain it.
Helper for Lemma 7.4: finite additivity of an outer measure on intersections with a finite pairwise disjoint family of Carathéodory measurable sets.
Helper for Lemma 7.4: finite additivity for the measure induced from an outer measure on its Carathéodory measurable sets.
Lemma 7.4 (Finite additivity): for a finite pairwise disjoint family (E_j)_{j ∈ J} of
m*-Carathéodory measurable sets, one has
m*(A ∩ ⋃ j, E_j) = ∑ j, m*(A ∩ E_j) for every A (equation (7.u101)); in particular, for
the restricted measure m induced by m* on m*-measurable sets,
m(⋃ j, E_j) = ∑ j, m(E_j) (equation (7.u102)).
Proposition 7.14: in a measure space (X, 𝓜, m), if A, B ∈ 𝓜 and A ⊆ B, then
B \ A ∈ 𝓜 and m(B \ A) + m(A) = m(B) (equation (7.u109)).
Helper for Lemma 7.5: a countable union of Carathéodory-measurable sets is Carathéodory measurable.
Helper for Lemma 7.5: the restricted measure of a countable pairwise disjoint union is the sum of the restricted measures.
Lemma 7.5 (Countable additivity): for the measure obtained by restricting an outer measure
m* to its Carathéodory measurable sets, if (E_j)_{j ∈ J} is a countable pairwise disjoint
family of measurable sets, then ⋃ j, E_j is measurable and
m(⋃ j, E_j) = ∑' j, m(E_j) (equation (7.u112), independent of enumeration).
Lemma 7.6 (countable disjoint union measurable): if m* is an outer measure on X,
m is its restriction to m*-measurable sets, and (E_j)_{j ∈ J} is a countable pairwise
disjoint family of m*-measurable sets, then E := ⋃ j, E_j is m*-measurable and
m(E) = ∑' j, m(E_j) (equation (7.u124)).
Lemma 7.7 ($\sigma$-algebra property): in a measurable space (Ω, 𝓕), for a countable
family (Ω_j)_{j ∈ J} with each Ω_j ∈ 𝓕, both ⋃ j, Ω_j and ⋂ j, Ω_j belong to 𝓕.
Lemma 7.8: if E ⊆ ℝ^n is open in the Euclidean topology, then E is the union of a
finite or countable family of coordinate open boxes
∏_{i=1}^n (a_{k,i}, b_{k,i}) (encoded as a countable index type).
Lemma 7.9 (Borel property): every open subset of ℝ^n and every closed subset of ℝ^n
is Lebesgue measurable.
Proposition 7.15: if A ⊆ B ⊆ ℝ^n, B is Lebesgue measurable, and m(B) = 0,
then A is Lebesgue measurable and m(A) = 0.
Helper for Proposition 7.16: the rational grid in ℝ^2 is countable, dense, null, and
Lebesgue measurable.
Helper for Proposition 7.16: the unit square in ℝ^2 is Lebesgue measurable and has
volume 1.
Proposition 7.16: for
A := [0,1]^2 \ ℚ^2 = {x ∈ ℝ^2 : (∀ i, 0 ≤ x_i ≤ 1) ∧ (∃ i, x_i ∉ ℚ)},
the set A is Lebesgue measurable, has Lebesgue measure 1, and has empty interior.