Questions tagged [measure-theory]
Questions about abstract measure and Lebesgue integral theory. Also concerns such properties as measurability of maps and sets.
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Is the space of all borel measures on $\mathbb R^n$ isomorphic to the tensor product of spaces of borel measures on $\mathbb R$?
Similarly to the decomposition $L_2(\mathbb R^n) = L_2(\mathbb{R})^{\otimes n}$ as vector spaces (and even as Hilbert spaces) , do we have $bm(\mathbb{R^n}) = bm(\mathbb{R})^{\otimes n}$
where $bm(\...
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A measure on the space of probability measures
This question was originaly posted in the stackexchange https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1226701/a-measure-on-the-space-of-probability-measures but since it only got a comment I decided to ...
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Outer measure preserving bijection
Suppose X is a Sierpinski set (So X is uncountable and every null subset of X is countable). Let f be a bijection on X. Must/Does there exist a non null subset Y of X such that for every subset W of Y,...
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Lebesgue measure of set of $y\in\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $x,y,Ay$ are linearly dependent
I've asked this question here on math.stackexchange, but I have been unable to solve this yet, so I'm hoping I can get some advice here.
Consider a vector $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and a real $n\times n$ ...
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Mid point free sets
Given a subset X of unit interval, can we find a subset Y of X of same outer measure as X such that Y does not contain three points of the form x, y and (x+y)/2?
I can do this assuming CH but can we ...
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On the mesurability of a VItali set w.r.t. a Lebesgue absolutely continuous measure
I've seen two kinds of demonstrations of Vitali's sets being not measurable (for example, answer number 2 here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/137949/the-construction-of-a-vitali-set, I ...
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Measure with `somewhere dense' support
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff (but not necessarily metrizable) space.
Is it always true that there exists a probability Borel measure $\mu$ and an open set $U$ such that any nonempty open set $V\...
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Existence of doubling non-Polish metric measure spaces
Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a metric measure space (i.e. $(X,d)$ is a metric space and $\mu$ is a Borel measure on $X$). Let's say that $X$ is doubling if there exists a constant $C \geq 1$ such that $0 < \...
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Transitive closure of balanced bounded mass transport
Given two $\sigma$-finite measures $\mu$ and $\nu$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$, write $\mu \sim \nu$ iff there exist countable decompositions $\mu = \mu_1 + \mu_2 + \cdots$ and $\nu = \nu_1 + \nu_2 + \cdots$ ...
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Is a sigma-finite Borel measure over $\mathbb R$ determined by its values on the continuous functions? [closed]
Suppose that $\mu$ and $\nu$ are sigma-finite measures on the Borel sigma-algebra over $\mathbb R$ such that $\int_{\mathbb R}f\,d\mu=\int_{\mathbb R}f\,d\nu$ for all nonnegative continuous functions $...
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Is every set of small measure contained in an open set of small measure with null boundary?
Let $\lambda( \cdot )$ denote Lebesgue measure on $[0,1]$. Let $(A_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ be a decreasing sequence of Borel subsets of $[0,1]$ such that $\bigcap_{n=1}^\infty A_n = \emptyset$. Given $\...
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Hausdorff measure of the graph
Is there any example of a real valued function on the real line whose domain has Lebesgue measure zero but the graph (in the plane) has positive one dimensional Hausdorff measure?
Of course if such ...
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Criteria for Compactness of a Closed in $L^2$ Spaces [closed]
$(X, \mathcal{B}, \mu)$ is a measure space.
Is there any well-known criteria for compactness of a closed set in $L^2(X, \mu)$?
If the answer is negative what about $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n,\mu)$(in this ...
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Fubini's theorem without completeness or $\sigma$-finiteness conditions
The usual Fubini's theorem(see the Wikipedia article for example) assumes completeness or $\sigma$-finiteness on measures. However, I think I came up with a proof of the Fubini's theorem without those ...
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distributional Hessian for semiconvex functions on non-smooth manifolds
Let $f:R^n \to R$ be convex. Then there exist signed Radon measures $\mu^{ij}=\mu^{ji}$ such that
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\int_{R^n} f \frac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial x_i \partial x_j} dx= \int_{R^n} \varphi d\mu^{ij} ...
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Notation: Categories of measur(abl)e spaces
Is there a common notation in the literature for
the category of measurable spaces and measurable maps?
the category of measure spaces and measure-preserving maps?
The nlab suggests $\mathsf{Measble}...
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Reading Ratner's paper "Ragunathan's conjectures for SL(2,R)"
Hello everyone (interested),
I am trying to read Marina Ratner's paper "Ragunathan's conjectures for $SL_{2}(R)$" (Israel Journal of Mathematics 80 (1992), 1-31). There is a claim right at the end of ...
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Injective inclusion map from RKHS function space to $L_p(\mu)$
Let $X$ be a measurable space, $\mu$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure on $X$, and $H$ be a separable reproducing kernel Hilbert space over $X$ with a measurable kernel $k$.
At a certain part in a proof I ...
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Baire Category Theorem Application
In Antoine Henrot Michel Pierre -
Variation et optimisation de formes, Une analyse geometrique, a book I'm studying I found an interesting problem. The problem is listed below. The first 3 points of ...
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Nonatomic probability measures
It is known that for a compact metric space $X$ without isolated points the set of nonatomic Borel probability measures on $X$ is dense in the set of all Borel probability measures on $X$ (endowed ...
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Can a continuous surjection from a Hilbert cube to a segment behave bad wrt Lebesgue measures?
Suppose $\hat{I}=[0,1]^\mathbb{N}$ is a Hilbert cube and $I=[0,1]$.
Consider Lebesgue measures $m_1$ and $m_2$ on $\hat{I}$ and $I$ correspondingly. By Lebesgue measure on the Hilbert cube I mean the ...
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Boundedness of a singular integral operator on $L^p(\mathbb{R})$, $1<p<\infty$
My singular integral operator is defined by
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Sf(x)=-\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f(t-x) \frac{dt}{2\sinh\frac{\pi}{2}t},
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that is, a convolution $-\frac{1 }{2\sinh\frac{\pi}2x}\ast f....
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Function and its Gradient with Prescribed Norms
I'm not sure if the following question is too elementary for Mathoverflow. I'm sorry if it is the case.
Question:
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and let $1\leqslant p<\infty$. Let $\alpha,\beta>0$. ...
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Rademacher average based Hoeffding Inequality
I am following these lecture notes:
Given the i.i.d. $\mathcal{Z}$-valued random variables $Z_1,\dotsc,Z_m$ and $\mathcal{G}$ is a set of bounded functions $g\colon \mathcal{Z}\to[a,b]$.
Corollary 2....
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Measurability of functions with multiple parameters
For a formalisation of the Giry monad in a theorem prover, I think I require some notion of measurability of “curried” functions. I.e. I have measure spaces $A$, $B$, and $C$ and a function $f: A \...
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Does a surjective measurable map induce a surjective pushforward operator?
I hope it is OK to post a question that is basically the same as the months old currently unanswered question at math stackexchange
Suppose X, Y are Polish spaces (without loss of generality, we may ...
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Integration on Compact Semirings
I want to know if integration of functions $f:X\rightarrow G$ where $G$ is a compact semiring has been defined and if it is possible to ensure that all continuous functions are integrable. This is ...
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Maximal ideals of the algebra of measurable functions
It is a well-known fact that for any compact topological space $\rm S$, the set its points is in bijection with the set of maximal ideals of $\mathcal C(\rm S)$, the algebra of continuous functions $\...
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Integrals of pullbacks and the Inverse function theorem(s?)
The usual story goes like this:
Smooth picture (?):
For a smooth bijection $\phi: M \to N$ between $n$-manifolds the following
is true:
$\phi^{-1}$ is a local diffeomorphism a.e.
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Connes' correspondences of two $L^\infty$-algebras
In his "Noncommutative Geometry" book Connes asserts (on p. 539) that for two standard probability spaces $(X,\mu_X)$, $(Y,\nu_Y)$ an $N$-$M$-bimodule for $M=L^\infty(X,\mu_X)$ and $N=L^\infty(Y,\mu_Y)...
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Defining functions pointwise vs. almost everywhere (w.r.t. uncountably many mutually singular measures)
My question is motivated by a general measure-theoretic problem that one frequently encounters in probability: the need to work with uncountably many mutually singular measures at once, and with ...
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Non-Polish Lebesgue probability space?
Any Lebesgue probability space is mod. 0 isomorphic to some Polish probability space (with $\sigma$-algebra the completion of Borel algebra, and some Borel probability). I would like to see an example ...
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Is $ {C_{c}}(G) $ a meager subset of $ {L^{2}}(G) $ for a second-countable locally compact Hausdorff group $ G $?
The following problem is a stumbling block in a research project that I am working on:
Problem. Let $ G $ be a second-countable locally compact Hausdorff group with a fixed Haar measure. Is it true ...
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Generating the sigma algebras on the set of probability measures
I was wondering if somebody could help me see/provide a reference to the following fact: Let $X$ be a metrizable set, $\mathcal{F}$ the corresponding Borel sigma-algebra on $X$, and $\triangle\left(X,\...
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Conversion between condtional expection conditioned on $\sigma$-algebra and on r.v
Let $(\Omega, \mathcal F, P)$ be a probability space, and let $\mathcal G \subseteq \mathcal F$ be a sub-$\sigma$-algebra of $\mathcal F$ and $X : \Omega \to \mathbb R$ a random variable. Then the ...
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Characterizations of an exotic measure on the open sets in the circle $S^{1}$
Suppose that $U\subseteq S^{1}$ is open where $S^{1}=\{z\in\mathbb{Z}:|z|=1\}$. Then define $\mu_{n}(U)=\max_{t\in S^{1}}\frac{1}{n}\cdot|\{k\in\{1,...,n\}|t\cdot e^{\frac{2\pi ik}{n}}\in U\}|$. ...
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Discrete measures and discrete kernels
This is a cross-post from math.stack. Let $d\in\mathbb N$ and $\mu$ be the probability measure on $\mathbb R^d$ defined by $\mu=\sum_{k=1}^\infty 2^{-k}\delta_{x_k}$ for some sequence $(x_k)_{k\in\...
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Is every continuous function measurable?
This question has already been asked on Math StackExchange here, but was too old to be migrated, and I think will be more appropriate to MathOverflow.
In non-Hausdorff topology it is standard to ...
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Itô's article "A measure-theoretic approach to Malliavin calculus"
Apart from citations all over the internet, the following paper appears to be off-the-grid.
K. Itô, A measure-theoretic approach to Malliavin calculus, in 'New Trends in Stochastic Analysis', Proc. ...
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Regularity of Dirac measure on Baire sets [closed]
Suppose $X$ is a locally compact Hausdorff space.
Define the Baire sets in $X$, denoted by $\mathcal Ba(X)$,
to be the smallest $\sigma$-algebra that contains all compact $G_\delta$ subsets of $X$.
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Is the push forward of a sigma-finite measure equivalent to a sigma-finite measure?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be locally compact, second countable spaces, and let $\varphi \colon X \to Y$ be a Borel map. Let $\mu$ be a sigma-finite measure on $X$. In general, the push-forward $\varphi_*\mu$ is ...
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Getting a measure from a premeasure through an adjoint
Let's take the category of measure spaces with objects $(X,\mathcal{F},\mu)$ and avoid the morphisms for now (I'm not sure what they should be), where $X$ is a set, $\mathcal{F}$ is a $\sigma$-algebra,...
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Is it possible to improve the order of convergence of averages of random variables if they are not identically distributed?
Let $X_n$ be a sequence of independent random variables (but not necessarily identically distributed)
taking values in $[-1,1]$ that have the following property:
1) The average $A_n := \frac{(X_1+ \...
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Calculate Hausdorff measure with Frostman measures
Fix a metrix space $(X,d)$ and consider the Hausdorff (outer) measures $\mathcal{H}^s$ on $X$.
A Frostman measure on $X$ is a finite Borel measure $\mu$ such that there exists $C,t,r_0>0$ with $\...
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Is an infinite-dimensional "Lebesgue measure" uniquely determined by a set of positive finite measure?
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure on a subset $C \subset \mathbb{R}^\infty$ of the space of sequences, and assume, for simplicity, that $C$ is closed and convex.
We say that $\mu$ admits shifts if ...
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Characterizing residually amenable groups
Let $G$ be a finitely generated group. The amenability of $G$ is equivalent to the existence of a certain "weak measure" on $G$. Is there such a characterization for residually amenable groups as well?...
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trivial map on $\sigma-$algebra $\mod{}0$ is trivial
Hi everyone!
I am currently studying the basic theory of measurable actions and need the following result, which I am not able to prove myself. It is stated without a proof, so probably it should not ...
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Uniformly bounded operator family and pointwise convergence
Let $1 \leq p < \infty$ be fixed and let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be open. Let $(Q_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a uniformly bounded family of operators on $L^p(\Omega)$, i.e. there exists $C>...
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A conjecture about the measure estimates of a trigonometric polynomial
Formulation of the Conjecture
Let $\Omega =(0,\pi)\times (0,2\pi)\subset\mathbb R^2$ and let $\psi:\Omega\to \mathbb{R}$ defined by $$\psi(x,t)=\sum_{k\in S \,j\in S'} \sin(kx)\left( a_{kj}\sin(jt)+...
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Reasoning about dependent and independent quantities by "degrees of freedom"
In his classic textbook Foundations of the Theory of Probability Kolmogorov defines Independence a little bit differenent then it is usually done today. He denotes a probability space by $(E, \mathcal ...
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