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I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{a.e. for} \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Intuition: I think the claim is true because the condition is true for every $\theta$ and thus can be thought as a "scanning condition". I.e. we are scanning $g$ over the whole interval $[0,M]$ by moving the $\theta$'s. Moreover, the density is always strictly positive so this makes the "scanning" meaningful.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and have finitely many zeros. Basically I use the finitely many zeros assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily with finitely many zeros.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{a.e. for} \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Intuition: I think the claim is true because the condition is true for every $\theta$ and thus can be thought as a "scanning condition". I.e. we are scanning $g$ over the whole interval $[0,M]$ by moving the $\theta$'s. Moreover, the density is always strictly positive so this makes the "scanning" meaningful.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and have finitely many zeros. Basically I use the finitely many zeros assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily with finitely many zeros.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{a.e. for} \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and have finitely many zeros. Basically I use the finitely many zeros assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily with finitely many zeros.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

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I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: z \in [0,M]$$$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{a.e. for} \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Intuition: I think the claim is true because the condition is true for every $\theta$ and thus can be thought as a "scanning condition". I.e. we are scanning $g$ over the whole interval $[0,M]$ by moving the $\theta$'s. Moreover, the density is always strictly positive so this makes the "scanning" meaningful.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and of bounded variationhave finitely many zeros. Basically I use the bounded variationfinitely many zeros assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily of bounded variationwith finitely many zeros.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Intuition: I think the claim is true because the condition is true for every $\theta$ and thus can be thought as a "scanning condition". I.e. we are scanning $g$ over the whole interval $[0,M]$ by moving the $\theta$'s. Moreover, the density is always strictly positive so this makes the "scanning" meaningful.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and of bounded variation. Basically I use the bounded variation assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily of bounded variation.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{a.e. for} \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Intuition: I think the claim is true because the condition is true for every $\theta$ and thus can be thought as a "scanning condition". I.e. we are scanning $g$ over the whole interval $[0,M]$ by moving the $\theta$'s. Moreover, the density is always strictly positive so this makes the "scanning" meaningful.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and have finitely many zeros. Basically I use the finitely many zeros assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily with finitely many zeros.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

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I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.

Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (not necessarily equal to this interval). Consider now a family of probability measures $\mu_{\theta}$ such that $\mu_{\theta} \ll \lambda$ (Lebesgue measure) for every $\theta$. These measures have strictly positive density $f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M$. The densities are not defined for $z \geq \theta$. In symbols:

$$ \mathcal{M}_{\lambda} = \bigg\{ \mu_{\theta} \: : \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \text{and} \: \: \frac{d\mu_{\theta}}{d\lambda} = f_{\theta} \: : \: f_{\theta}(z) > 0 \: \: \forall \: 0 \leq z < \theta \leq M, \:\forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \bigg\}$$

Question: is it true that:

$$ 0 = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) d \mu_{\theta} (z) = \int_{0}^{\theta} g(z) \underbrace{f_{\theta}(z)}_{> 0} dz \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: \theta \in [0,M] \: \: \: \: \: \: \stackrel{?}{\implies} \: \: \: \: \: \: g(z) = 0 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \forall \: z \in [0,M]$$

As an example, you can take as $f_{\theta}(z) = \frac{\mathbb{1}_{[0,\theta)}(z)}{2 \sqrt{\theta^2 - \theta z}}$ for fixed $\theta$.

Intuition: I think the claim is true because the condition is true for every $\theta$ and thus can be thought as a "scanning condition". I.e. we are scanning $g$ over the whole interval $[0,M]$ by moving the $\theta$'s. Moreover, the density is always strictly positive so this makes the "scanning" meaningful.

Proposal: I have at the moment a proof of this statement that assumes that $g$ is continuous and of bounded variation. Basically I use the bounded variation assumption to say that $g$ cannot have infinitely many fluctuations from above to below zero and then I consider each one of these finitely many neighborhoods where $g$ is strictly positive or strictly negative (by continuity) and I show via contradiction that on that neighborhood actually $g$ must be $0$ because otherwise, we can find a $\theta$ in the middle of a such neighborhood so that the integral is nonzero. Therefore I would like to know if the claim holds more generally for not continuous functions. Or for all continuous functions, not necessarily of bounded variation.

Any help is extremely appreciated!