PROBLEM SET

MEASURABLE FUNCTIONS AND LEBESGUE MEASURE

Name: _____________________________________ Score: _______

Course/Year&Sec.: __________________________ Date: ________
I. Identify whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. If false, justify
your answer. (3 points each)

_________ 1. There is a subset 𝐴 of ℝ which is not measurable, but such that 𝐵 =

{𝑥 ∈ 𝐴: 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 } is measurable.

_________ 2. There exists a non-measurable subset of ℝ whose complement in ℝ has

outer measure zero?

_________ 3. There exist two non-measurable sets whose union is measurable?

_________ 4. Let 𝐴 ⊂ [0, 1] be a non-measurable set. Let 𝐵 = {𝑥, 0} ∈ ℝ! : 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴. Then 𝐵

is a Lebesgue measurable subset of ℝ! .

_________ 5. If 𝑓: [0, 1] → ℝ is continuous, then 𝑓 is measurable.

_________ 6. Suppose that, for each rational number 𝑞, the set {𝑥|𝑓(𝑥) > 𝑞} is
measurable, then 𝑓 is measurable.

_________ 7. Let 𝑓: (𝑎, 𝑏) → ℝ. If 𝑓 has a finite derivative at all points then 𝑓′ is

measurable.

_________ 8. Let 𝑓: 𝐸 → 𝑅∗ be a constant function on a measurable set 𝐸, then 𝑓 is

measurable.
_________ 9. Let 𝑓: 𝐸 → 𝑅∗ be a measurable function defined on a measurable set 𝐸 into
the set of extended real numbers 𝑅∗ , then {𝑥 ∈ 𝐸|𝑓(𝑥) > 𝑎} and
{𝑥 ∈ 𝐸|𝑓(𝑥) ≥ 𝑎} are measurable ∀ 𝑎 ∈ 𝑅.

_________ 10. The length of the interval in ℝ line is equal to the Lebesgue measure of
that interval in ℝ.