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Exercise 1.8 (Basic properties of the real-valued integral)

Let f,g : Ω → R be real-valued absolutely integrable functions, and let c ∈ R.

1.
(Linearity) Show that f + g and cf are also real-valued absolutely integrable functions, with ∫ Ωf + gdμ = ∫ Ωfdμ + ∫ Ωgdμ

and

∫ Ωcfdμ = c∫ Ωfdμ.

(For the second relation, one may wish to first treat the special cases c > 0 and c = −1.)

2.
Show that if f and g are equal almost everywhere, then ∫ Ωfdμ = ∫ Ωgdμ.

3.
Show that ∫ Ω|f|dμ ≥ 0, with equality if and only if f is zero almost everywhere.
4.
(Monotonicity) If f ≤ g almost everywhere, show that ∫ Ωfdμ ≤∫ Ωgdμ.
5.
(Markov inequality) Show that μ({ω : |f(ω)|≥ t}) ≤ 1 t ∫ Ω|f|dμ for any 0 < t < ∞.

Answers

1.
Linearity
Imagine for a second that we have proven the following identity: (f + g)+ − (f + g)− = (f+ − f−) + (g+ − g−)

Using this, we would have managed to represent the identities only using the operation of addition + as follows (this is necessary to make use of the definition of the signed integral).

(f + g)+ + f− + g− = (f + g)− + f+ + g+

In other words, both sides would then be represented by unsigned simple functions, and so, using the linearity of the unsigned integral from exercise_1-3-1 we would be able to arrive at the following step:

(f + g)+ + f− + g− = (f + g)− + f+ + g+.

Simple arithmetic manipulations would then lead us to

(f + g)+ − (f + g)− = f+ − f− + g+ − g−.

And thus,

(f + g) = f + g

as desired.
It is thus only left to verify that the identity we have used

∀ ⁡x ∈ ℝd : (f + g) +(x) − (f + g)−(x)=!(f+(x) − f−(x)) + (g+(x) − g−(x))

or in other words,

max ⁡ {f(x)+g(x),0}−max ⁡ {−f(x)−g(x),0}=!max ⁡ {f(x),0}−max ⁡ {−f(x),0}+max ⁡ {g(x),0}−max ⁡ {−g(x),0}

is indeed valid. To do so, tediously verify the possible cases for an arbitrary x ∈ ℝd:

1)
f(x) + g(x) ≥ 0. From this we already have max ⁡ {f(x) + g(x),0}− max ⁡ {−f(x) − g(x),0} = max ⁡ {f(x) + g(x),0}. This induces further cases
1.1)
f(x) ≥ 0 and g(x) ≤ 0.
1.2)
f(x) ≥ 0 and g(x) > 0.
1.3)
f(x) < 0 and g(x) ≥ 0.
1.4)
f(x) < 0 and g(x) < 0 is impossible.
2)
f(x) − g(x) < 0.

(in all cases try to transform max ⁡ {f(x) + g(x),0}− max ⁡ {−f(x) − g(x),0}.)

We now demonstrate the scalar multiplication property. We consider several cases:

  • c ≥ 0
    Notice that for any real number y we then have max ⁡ {cy,0} = cmax ⁡ {y,0}, and thus

    cf = (cf)+ − (cf)− = c(f)+ − c(f)− = c ⋅ f+ − c ⋅ f− = c ⋅ f
  • c = −1
    We then have (−f)+ = max ⁡ {−f,0} = f− and similarly (−f)− = f+; thus,

    −f = (−f)+ − (−f)− = f−− f+ = −1 ⋅ (f+ −⋅f−) = −f
  • c < 0
    Follows by combining the first and the second case.
2.
Equivalence
Notice that f=a.e.g trivially implies that f+=a.e.g+ and f−=a.e.g− (for instance by {x ∈ ℝd : f+(x)≠g+(x)}⊆{x ∈ ℝd : f(x)≠g(x)}). The equality of the intervals then follows directly from exercise_1-5 by applying it to both positive and negative part of the real valued simple integral.
3.
We have ∫ Ω|f|dμ = ∫ Ω|f|+dμ −∫ Ω|f|−dμ = ∫ Ω|f|+dμ ≥ 0.

If |f|=a.e.0, then by the previous part of the exercise we must also have ∫ |f| = ∫ 0 = 0. If ∫ |f| = ∫ |f|+ = 0 then |f|+=a.e.0 by exercise_1-5.

4.
Monotonicity
Since g − f≥a.e.0, we have ∫ (g − f) = ∫ |g − f|. By the previous part of the exercise, we obtain ∫ Ωgdμ −∫ Ωfdμ = ∫ Ωg − fdμ = ∫ Ω|g − f|dμ ≥ 0.

5.
Markov inequality
We have the trivial pointwise inequality λ1{x∈Ω:f(x)≥λ}≤ f(x).

We apply integral from both sides and using the compatibility of Lebesgue measure with the Lebesgue integral (Exercise 1.5), we conclude

λm({x ∈Ω : f(x) ≥ λ}) ≤ f.

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