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Lebesgue Measure and Outer Measure Problems

More proving, still on Real Analysis. This is my solution and if you find any errors, do let me know. Problems Lebesgue Measure : Let $\mu$ be set function defined for all set in $\sigma$-algebra $\mathscr{F}$ with values in $[0,\infty]$. Assume $\mu$ is countably additive over countable disjoint collections of sets in $\mathscr{F}$. Prove that if $A$ and $B$ are two sets in $\mathscr{F}$, with $A\subseteq B$, then $\mu(A)\leq \mu(B)$. This property is called monotonicity . Prove that if there is a set $A$ in the collection $\mathscr{F}$ for which $\mu(A)<\infty$, then $\mu(\emptyset)=0$. Let $\{E_{k}\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ be a countable collection of sets in $\mathscr{F}$. Prove that $\mu\left(\displaystyle\bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty}E_{k}\right)\leq \displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\mu(E_k)$ Lebesgue Outer Measure : By using property of outer measure, prove that the interval $[0,1]$ is not countable. Let $A$ be the set of irrational numbers in the interval $[0,1]$. Prove that $...

Translation Invariant of Lebesgue Outer Measure

Another proving problem, this time on Real Analysis. Problem Prove that the Lebesgue outer measure is translation invariant. (Use the property that, the length of an interval $l$ is translation invariant.) Solution Proof . The outer measure is translation invariant if for $y\in \mathbb{R}$, \begin{equation}\nonumber \mu^{*}(A)=\mu^{*}(A+y) \end{equation} Hence, we need to show that Case 1: $\mu^{*}(A)\leq \mu^{*}(A+y)$; and Case 2: $\mu^{*}(A+y)\leq \mu^{*}(A)$. Case 1 : Consider a countable collection $\{I_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$, and let \begin{equation}\nonumber W = \left\{\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}l(I_n)\mid A\subseteq\displaystyle\bigcup_{n=1}^{\infty}I_n\right\} \end{equation} Then the outer measure of $A$ is, \begin{equation}\nonumber \mu^{*}(A)=\inf\,\{W\}. \end{equation}