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Yes. Let $M$ be the space of all measures on $B$. This is a compact space when endowed with with the pointwise convergence topology since it is a closed subspace of $[0,1]^B$. If $b$ is a nonzero element of $B$, then the set $U_b = \lbrace m \in M : m(b) \gt 0 \rbrace$ is open and dense in $M$. By the Baire Category Theorem, the intersection of all these sets is nonempty.


For an explicit construction, let $b_1,b_2,\ldots$ enumerate $B\setminus\lbrace0\rbrace$ and for each $n$ let $m_n$ be a measure on $B$ such that $m_n(b_n) \gt 0$ (e.g. let $m_n$ be the characteristic function of an ultrafilter containing $b_n$). Then $m = \sum_{n=1}^\infty 2^{-n}m_n$ is as required.

Yes. Let $M$ be the space of all measures on $B$. This is a compact space when endowed with with the pointwise convergence topology since it is a closed subspace of $[0,1]^B$. If $b$ is a nonzero element of $B$, then the set $U_b = \lbrace m \in M : m(b) \gt 0 \rbrace$ is open and dense in $M$. By the Baire Category Theorem, the intersection of all these sets is nonempty.

Yes. Let $M$ be the space of all measures on $B$. This is a compact space when endowed with with the pointwise convergence topology since it is a closed subspace of $[0,1]^B$. If $b$ is a nonzero element of $B$, then the set $U_b = \lbrace m \in M : m(b) \gt 0 \rbrace$ is open and dense in $M$. By the Baire Category Theorem, the intersection of all these sets is nonempty.


For an explicit construction, let $b_1,b_2,\ldots$ enumerate $B\setminus\lbrace0\rbrace$ and for each $n$ let $m_n$ be a measure on $B$ such that $m_n(b_n) \gt 0$ (e.g. let $m_n$ be the characteristic function of an ultrafilter containing $b_n$). Then $m = \sum_{n=1}^\infty 2^{-n}m_n$ is as required.

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François G. Dorais
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Yes. Let $M$ be the space of all measures on $B$. This is a compact space when endowed with with the pointwise convergence topology since it is a closed subspace of $[0,1]^B$. If $b$ is a nonzero element of $B$, then the set $U_b = \lbrace m \in M : m(b) \gt 0 \rbrace$ is open and dense in $M$. By the Baire Category Theorem, the intersection of all these sets is nonempty.