In preparation for a qualifying exam in Real Analysis, during the summer of 2013, I plan to solve as many problems from Stein & Shakarchi's Real Analysis text as I can. Please feel free to comment or correct me as I make my way through this.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
2.11
Consider first the set:
$$A = \lbrace x \hspace{0.25cm} | \hspace{0.25cm} f(x) < 0 \rbrace$$
It's clear that:
$$A = \bigcup_{n=1}^\infty \lbrace x \hspace{0.25cm} | \hspace{0.25cm} f(x) < - \frac{1}{n} \rbrace$$
Assume to the contrary that $m(A) > 0$. We have:
$$m(A) \leq \sum_{n=1}^\infty m(\lbrace x \hspace{0.25cm} | \hspace{0.25cm} f(x) < - \frac{1}{n} \rbrace)$$
Since $m(A) > 0$, for at least one $n$, $m(\lbrace x \hspace{0.25cm} | \hspace{0.25cm} f(x) < - \frac{1}{n} \rbrace)$ > 0. Call this set $E$. We have:
$$\int_{E} f \leq \int_E -\frac{1}{n} = -\frac{1}{n} m(E) < 0$$
...a contradiction.
It's obvious that if you switch that conditions around such that for any measurable set $S \subset \mathbb{R}^d$,
$$\int_S f \leq 0$$
that the same line of reasoning will result in $f \leq 0$ almost everywhere. Combining these conditions two conditions, i.e., for any measurable set $S \subset \mathbb{R}^d$,
$$\int_S f = 0$$
will directly result in $ 0 \leq f \leq 0$ almost everywhere. I.e. $f = 0$ almost everywhere.
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ReplyDeleteI have this tiny problem which points out that A is not necessarily measurable?
ReplyDeletef is integrable, hence measurable, hence A is measurable
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