Exercise 1.6.24 (Lebesgue density theorem)

If E Rd is Lebesgue measurable, show that almost every point in E is a point of density for E, and almost every point in the complement of E is not a point of density for E.

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Proof. As the hint suggests, we use the Lebesgue differentiation theorem (Theorem 1.6.19). Since the indicator function 1E is an absolutely integrable function, for almost every x Rd, one has

lim r0m (E B(x,r)) m (B(x,r)) = lim r0 1 m (B(x,r))B(x,r)1E = 1E(x).

From this, we conclude that for almost every point x E the above limit will be 1 whereas for almost every point xE the above limit will be 0.

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