A Simple Proof of Vitali%26apos;s Theorem for Signed Measures

作者:Samuel T*
来源:American Mathematical Monthly, 2013, 120(7): 654-659.
DOI:10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.07.654

摘要

Several theorems are named after the Italian mathematician Vitali. In this note, we provide a simple proof of an extension of Vitali%26apos;s Theorem on the existence of nonmeasurable sets. Specifically we show, without using any decomposition theorems, that there does not exist a nontrivial, atom-less, sigma-additive and translation invariant set function L from the power set of the real line to the extended real numbers with L([0, 1]) = 1. (Note that L is not assumed to be nonnegative.)

  • 出版日期2013-9

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