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Exercise 0.11 (Measurable induction)

Let 𝒜 be a collection of subsets of Ω, and let p(E) be a property of subsets E of Ω (thus P(E) is true or false for each E ∈Ω). Assume the following axioms:

1.
P(∅) is true.
2.
If E ⊆Ω is such that P(E) is true, then P(Ω∕E) is also true.
3.
If E1,E2,… ⊆Ω are such that P(En) is true for all n ∈ ℕ, then P (⋃ ⁡ n∈ℕEn) is true.

Show that if P(E) is true for all E ∈𝒜 then P(E) is true for all E ∈⟨𝒜⟩.

Answers

This principle is discussed in detail in Remark 1.4.15 of Terence Tao’s An Introduction To Measure Theory.

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