7.5.E: Problems on Premeasures and Related Topics

Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

Fill in the missing details in the proofs, notes, and examples of this section.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

Describe \(m^{*}\) on \(2^{S}\) induced by a premeasure \(\mu : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow E^{*}\) such that each of the following hold.
(a) \(\mathcal{C}=\{S, \emptyset\}, \mu S=1\).
(b) \(\mathcal{C}=\{S, \emptyset, \text {and all singletons}\}; \mu S=\infty, \mu\{x\}=1\).
(c) \(\mathcal{C}\) as in (b), with \(S\) uncountable; \(\mu S=1,\) and \(\mu X=0\) otherwise.
(d) \(\mathcal{C}=\{\text {all proper subsets of } S\}; \mu X=1\) when \(\emptyset \subset X \subset S; \mu \emptyset=0\).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

Show that the premeasures
\[v^{\prime} : \mathcal{C}^{\prime} \rightarrow[0, \infty]\]
induce one and the same (Lebesgue) outer measure \(m^{*}\) in \(E^{n},\) with \(v^{\prime}=v\) (volume, as in §2):
(a) \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{\text {open intervals}\}\);
(b) \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{\text {half-open intervals}\}\);
(c) \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{\text {closed intervals}\}\);
(d) \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\mathcal{C}_{\sigma}\);
(e) \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{\text {open sets}\}\);
(f) \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{\text {half-open cubes}\}\);
[Hints: (a) Let \(m^{\prime}\) be the \(v^{\prime}\)-induced outer measure; let \(\mathcal{C}=\{\text {all intervals}\}.\) As \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime} \subseteq \mathcal{C}, m^{\prime} A \geq m^{*} A.\) (Why?) Also,
\[(\forall \varepsilon>0)\left(\exists\left\{B_{k}\right\} \subseteq \mathcal{C}\right) \quad A \subseteq \bigcup_{k} B_{k} \text { and } \sum v B_{k} \leq m^{*} A+\varepsilon.\]
(Why?) By Lemma 1 in §2,
\[\left(\exists\left\{C_{k}\right\} \subseteq \mathcal{C}^{\prime}\right) \quad B_{k} \subseteq C_{k} \text { and } v B_{k}+\frac{\varepsilon}{2^{k}}>v^{\prime} C_{k}.\]
Deduce that \(m^{*} A \geq m^{\prime} A, m^{*}=m^{\prime}\). Similarly for (b) and (c). For (d), use Corollary 1 and Note 3 in §1. For (e), use Lemma 2 in §2. For (f), use Problem 2 in §2.]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{3'}\)

Do Problem 3(a)-(c), with \(m^{*}\) replaced by the Jordan outer content \(c^{*}\) (Note 6).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

Do Problem 3, with \(v\) and \(m^{*}\) replaced by the LS premeasure and outer measure. (Use Problem 7 in §4.)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

Show that a set \(A \subseteq E^{n}\) is bounded iff its outer Jordan content is finite.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{6}\)

Find a set \(A \subseteq E^{1}\) such that
(i) its Lebesgue outer measure is \(0\) \(\left(m^{*} A=0\right),\) while its Jordan outer content \(c^{*} A=\infty\);
(ii) \(m^{*} A=0, c^{*} A=1\) (see Corollary 6 in §2).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{7}\)

Let
\[\mu_{1}, \mu_{2} : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow[0, \infty]\]
be two premeasures in \(S\) and let \(m_{1}^{*}\) and \(m_{2}^{*}\) be the outer measures induced by them.
Prove that if \(m_{1}^{*}=m_{2}^{*}\) on \(\mathcal{C},\) then \(m_{1}^{*}=m_{2}^{*}\) on all of \(2^{S}\).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{8}\)

With the notation of Definition 3 and Note 6, prove the following.
(i) If \(A \subseteq B \subseteq S\) and \(m^{*} B=0,\) then \(m^{*} A=0;\) similarly for \(c^{*}\).
[Hint: Use monotonicity.]
(ii) The set family
\[\left\{X \subseteq S | c^{*} A=0\right\}\]
is a hereditary set ring, i.e., a ring \(\mathcal{R}\) such that
\[(\forall B \in \mathcal{R})(\forall A \subseteq B) \quad A \in \mathcal{R}.\]
(iii) The set family
\[\left\{X \subseteq S | m^{*} X=0\right\}\]
is a hereditary \(\sigma\)-ring.
(iv) So also is
\[\mathcal{H}=\{\text {those } X \subseteq S \text { that have basic coverings}\};\]
thus \(\mathcal{H}\) is the hereditary \(\sigma\)-ring generated by \(\mathcal{C}\) (see Problem 14 in §3).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{9}\)

Continuing Problem 8(iv), prove that if \(\mu\) is \(\sigma\)-finite (Definition 4), so is \(m^{*}\) when restricted to \(\mathcal{H}.\)
Show, moreover, that if \(\mathcal{C}\) is a semiring, then each \(X \in \mathcal{H}\) has a basic covering \(\left\{Y_{n}\right\},\) with \(m^{*} Y_{n}<\infty\) and with all \(Y_{n}\) disjoint.
[Hint: Show that
\[X \subseteq \bigcup_{n=1}^{\infty} \bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty} B_{n k}\]
for some sets \(B_{n k} \in \mathcal{C},\) with \(\mu B_{n k}<\infty.\) Then use Note 4 in §5 and Corollary 1 of §1.]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{10}\)

Show that if
\[s : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow E^{*}\]
is \(\sigma\)-finite and additive on \(\mathcal{C},\) a semiring, then the \(\sigma\)-ring \(\mathcal{R}\) generated by \(\mathcal{C}\) equals the \(\sigma\)-ring \(\mathcal{R}^{\prime}\) generated by
\[\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{X \in \mathcal{C}| | s X |<\infty\}\]
(cf. Problem 6 in §4).
[Hint: By \(\sigma\)-finiteness,
\[(\forall X \in \mathcal{C})\left(\exists\left\{A_{n}\right\} \subseteq \mathcal{C}| | s A_{n} |<\infty\right) \quad X \subseteq \bigcup_{n} A_{n};\]
so
\[X=\bigcup_{n}\left(X \cap A_{n}\right), \quad X \cap A_{n} \in \mathcal{C}^{\prime}.\]
(Use Lemma 3 in §4.)
Thus \((\forall X \in \mathcal{C}) X\) is a countable union of \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime}\)-sets; so \(\mathcal{C} \subseteq \mathcal{R}^{\prime}.\) Deduce \(\mathcal{R} \subseteq \mathcal{R}^{\prime}\). Proceed.]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{11}\)

With all as in Theorem 3, prove that if \(A\) has basic coverings, then
\[\left(\exists B \in \mathcal{A}_{\delta}\right) \quad A \subseteq B \text { and } m^{*} A=m^{*} B.\]
[Hint: By formula (4),
\[(\forall n \in N)\left(\exists X_{n} \in \mathcal{A} | A \subseteq X_{n}\right) \quad m^{*} A \leq m X_{n} \leq m^{*} A+\frac{1}{n}.\]
(Explain!) Set
\[B=\bigcap_{n=1}^{\infty} X_{n} \in \mathcal{A}_{\delta}.\]
Proceed. For \(\mathcal{A}_{\delta},\) see Definition 2(b) in §3.]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{12}\)

Let \((S, \mathcal{C}, \mu)\) and \(m^{*}\) be as in Definition 3. Show that if \(\mathcal{C}\) is a \(\sigma\)-field in \(S,\) then
\[(\forall A \subseteq S)(\exists B \in \mathcal{C}) \quad A \subseteq B \text { and } m^{*} A=\mu B.\]
[Hint: Use Problem 11 and Note 3.]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{13}\)

\(\Rightarrow^{*}\) Show that if
\[s : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow E\]
is \(\sigma\)-finite and \(\sigma\)-additive on \(\mathcal{C},\) a semiring, then \(s\) has at most one \(\sigma\)-additive extension to the \(\sigma\)-ring \(\mathcal{R}\) generated by \(\mathcal{C}.\)
(Note that \(s\) is automatically \(\sigma\)-finite if it is finite, e.g., complex or vector valued.)
[Outline: Let
\[s^{\prime}, s^{\prime \prime} : \mathcal{R} \rightarrow E\]
be two \(\sigma\)-additive extensions of \(s.\) By Problem 10, \(\mathcal{R}\) is also generated by
\[\mathcal{C}^{\prime}=\{X \in \mathcal{C}| | s X |<\infty\}.\]
Now set
\[\mathcal{R}^{*}=\left\{X \in \mathcal{R} | s^{\prime} X=s^{\prime \prime} X\right\}.\]
Show that \(\mathcal{R}^{*}\) satisfies properties (i)-(iii) of Theorem 3 in §3, with \(\mathcal{C}\) replaced by \(\mathcal{C}^{\prime};\) so \(\mathcal{R}=\mathcal{R}^{*}\).]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{14}\)

Let \(m_{n}^{*}(n=1,2, \ldots)\) be outer measures in \(S\) such that
\[(\forall X \subseteq S)(\forall n) \quad m_{n}^{*} X \leq m_{n+1}^{*} X.\]
Set
\[\mu^{*}=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} m_{n}^{*}.\]
Show that \(\mu^{*}\) is an outer measure in \(S\) (see Note 5).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{15}\)

An outer measure \(m^{*}\) in a metric space \((S, \rho)\) is said to have the Carathéodory property (CP) iff
\[m^{*}(X \cup Y) \geq m^{*} X+m^{*} Y\]
whenever \(\rho(X, Y)>0,\) where
\[\rho(X, Y)=\inf \{\rho(x, y) | x \in X, y \in Y\}.\]
For such \(m^{*},\) prove that
\[m^{*}\left(\bigcup_{k} X_{k}\right)=\sum_{k} m^{*} X_{k}\]
if \(\left\{X_{k}\right\} \subseteq 2^{S}\) and
\[\rho\left(X_{i}, X_{k}\right)>0 \quad(i \neq k).\]
[Hint: For finite unions, use the CP, subadditivity, and induction. Deduce that
\[(\forall n) \sum_{k=1}^{n} m^{*} X_{k} \leq m^{*} \bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty} X_{k}.\]
Let \(n \rightarrow \infty.\) Proceed.]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{16}\)

Let \((S, \mathcal{C}, \mu)\) and \(m^{*}\) be as in Definition 3, with \(\rho\) a metric for \(S.\) Let \(\mu_{n}\) be the restriction of \(\mu\) to the family \(\mathcal{C}_{n}\) of all \(X \in \mathcal{C}\) of diameter
\[d X \leq \frac{1}{n}.\]
Let \(m_{n}^{*}\) be the \(\mu_{n}\)-induced outer measure in \(S.\)
Prove that
(i) \(\left\{m_{n}^{*}\right\} \uparrow\) as in Problem 14;
(ii) the outer measure
\[\mu^{*}=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} m_{n}^{*}\]
has the CP (see Problem 15), and
\[\mu^{*} \geq m^{*} \text { on } 2^{S}.\]
[Outline: Let \(\rho(X, Y)>\varepsilon>0(X, Y \subseteq S)\).
If for some \(n, X \cup Y\) has no basic covering from \(\mathcal{C}_{n},\) then
\[\mu^{*}(X \cup Y) \geq m_{n}^{*}(X \cup Y)=\infty \geq \mu^{*} X+\mu^{*} Y,\]
and the CP follows. (Explain!)
Thus assume
\[\left(\forall n>\frac{1}{\varepsilon}\right)(\forall k)\left(\exists B_{n k} \in \mathcal{C}_{n}\right) \quad X \cup Y \subseteq \bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty} B_{n k}.\]
One can choose the \(B_{n k}\) so that
\[\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \mu B_{n k} \leq m_{n}^{*}(X \cup Y)+\varepsilon.\]
(Why?) As
\[d B_{n k} \leq \frac{1}{n}<\varepsilon,\]
some \(B_{n k}\) cover \(X\) only, others \(Y\) only. (Why?) Deduce that
\[\left(\forall n>\frac{1}{\varepsilon}\right) \quad m_{n}^{*} X+m_{n}^{*} Y \leq \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \mu_{n} B_{n k} \leq m_{n}^{*}(X \cup Y)+\varepsilon.\]
Let \(\varepsilon \rightarrow 0\) and then \(n \rightarrow \infty\).
Also, \(m^{*} \leq m_{n}^{*} \leq \mu^{*}.\) (Why?)]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{17}\)

Continuing Problem 16, suppose that
\((\forall \varepsilon>0)(\forall n, k)(\forall B \in \mathcal{C})\left(\exists B_{n k} \in \mathcal{C}_{n}\right)\)
\[B \subseteq \bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty} B_{n k} \text { and } \mu B+\varepsilon \geq \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \mu B_{n k}.\]
Show that
\[m^{*}=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \mu_{n}^{*}=\mu^{*},\]
so \(m^{*}\) itself has the CP.
[Hints: It suffices to prove that \(m^{*} A \geq \mu^{*} A\) if \(m^{*} A<\infty.\) (Why?)
Now, given \(\varepsilon>0, A\) has a covering
\[\left\{B_{i}\right\} \subseteq c\]
such that
\[m^{*} A+\varepsilon \geq \sum \mu B_{i}.\]
(Why?) By assumption,
\[(\forall n) \quad B_{i} \subseteq \bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty} B_{n k}^{i} \in \mathcal{C}_{n} \text { and } \mu B_{i}+\frac{\varepsilon}{2^{i}} \geq \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \mu B_{n k}^{i}.\]
Deduce that
\[m^{*} A+\varepsilon>\sum \mu B_{i} \geq \sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \mu B_{n k}^{i}-\frac{\varepsilon}{2^{i}}\right)=\sum_{i, k} \mu B_{n k}^{i}-\varepsilon \geq m_{n}^{*} A-\varepsilon.\]
Let \(\varepsilon \rightarrow 0;\) then \(n \rightarrow \infty\).]

Exercise \(\PageIndex{18}\)

Using Problem 17, show that the Lebesgue and Lebesgue-Stieltjes outer measures have the CP.