Real Analysis Exercises

Math Monk
June 4, 2018

1 The Real Numbers: Sets, Sequences, and Func-

tions
2 Lebesgue Measure
2.1 Introduction
Exercise 1 Since
B = A ∪ (Ac ∩ B)
can be represented as the union of two disjoint sets, we use the fact that we
have countable additivity, so
m(B) = m(A ∪ (Ac ∩ B)) = m(A) + m(∪(Ac ∩ B)
since measure is always positive,
m(Ac ∩ B) > 0
, so m(B) ≥ m(a).

Exercise 2 m(A) = m(A ∪ ∅) = c where c is some finite number. Since

A ∩ ∅ = ∅ these sets are mutually disjoint, since we assume countable additivity,
we get
m(A) = m(A ∪ ∅) = m(A) + m(∅) = c
giving us c + m(∅) = c. Since c is finite, we are able to subtract both sides by
c, and get our desired result.

Exercise 3 We write {Ek }∞

k=1 as a collection of disjoint sets. Since
[∞ [∞ [
Ek = (Ek ∩( Ej )c )
k=1 k=1 j6=k

is a countable collection off disjoint sets, of measure

[∞ [∞ [ ∞
X [
m( Ek ) = m( (Ek ∩( Ej )c )) = m(Ek ∩( Ej )c )
k=1 k=1 j6=k j6=k
k=1

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Since Ek ∩( j6=k Ej )c ⊂ Ek , by monotonicity, m(Ek ∩( j6=k Ej )c ) ≤ m(Ek ), so
S S

[∞ ∞
X
m( Ek ) ≤ m(Ek )
k=1
k=1