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09:00
@AliCaglayan in a measure of subsets of R, must a point have measure 0 or infinity?
I suppose not; I can construct a measure that is 1 if the set contains 0
Don't think there is a restriction
@AliCaglayan do you have any results pertaining to measures on R?
Well measures distribute over unions as sums
ignore that
that's true to measures in general
only when countable
yeah if I can remember there is not much else they do
09:05
yes, only when countable
non negative and empty set has measure 0
So there are definitely measures that have singletons with whatever measure you want
that's also true to measures in general
A countable union of points will have measure 0 in R
For example the rationals
only in Lebesgue measure
then that answers your question
09:08
Can I define a measure called "the number of rational numbers"?
yes
just the counting measure
I don't think that's equivalent to the counting measure
why not?
I'm talking about $\mu(S) = |\{x \in S:x \in \Bbb Q\}|$
well if S is open then this is pretty much infinity most of the time
09:11
is this a valid measure?
yes it fits the axioms
I see
@AliCaglayan do you have any exercise about measure in general or Lebesgue outer measure for me?
I did measures a long time ago
I do not have any analysis books with me
So thats a no sorry
eh, I'm a beginner so any exercise would do
But if its anything other than analysis I might have something
09:14
alright
what does "Lebesgue-measurable" mean?
Simply means sets that can be assigned a Lebesgue measure
how do we determine that?
You look for sets that aren't in the Lebesgue sigma algebra
how do you find sets in the algebra?
Are you not following a book?
09:18
I am not
Its probably best to
I might unintentionally be imprecise causing confusion for you
Here is a question talking about immeasurable sets math.stackexchange.com/questions/925371/…
thanks
@DHMO fix $x_0$, let $f:2^{\Bbb R}\to\bar\Bbb R$ be a function such that $f(A)=1$ if $x_0\in A$ and $0$ otherwise. Is $f$ an outer measure?
$f:2^{\Bbb R}\to\bar{\Bbb R}$
@AlessandroCodenotti what is the difference between a measure and an outer measure?
09:36
Outer measures are defined on all subsets
oh, lol
but (in general) they're only subadditive
You can distill a measure from an outer measure, though
@AlessandroCodenotti
1. non-negativity: by definition the image is {0,1}.
2. null-empty set: x_0 cannot be in {}, so f({}) = 0.
3. countable subadditivity: if A_1,A_2,...,A_n does not contain x_0, then both sides are 0; if they contain x_0, then the left hand side must be 1 while the right hand side is at least 1
@SteamyRoot Isn't monotonicity derived from countable subadditivity?
If you think it is, prove it? ;)
let A subset B. Then let C = B-A. by subaddivity, f(A+C) <= f(A) + f(C), so f(B) <= f(A) + f(C) and I can't continue. interesting
but, monotonicity is a result of countable additivity
is subadditivity a result of countable additivity also?
09:45
countable subadditivity is a result of countable additivity, of course.
I see
If "=" holds, then "$\leq$" also holds...
@SteamyRoot in additivity, the sets are required to be disjoint
the point is that for outer measure $\leq$ holds for non measurable sets, while they're additive on their $\sigma$-algebra of measurable sets
Sure, but you can easily enough create a bunch of disjoint sets with the same union and such
09:48
@AlessandroCodenotti am I correct?
As for the monotonic following from subadditivity: think of functions on $\{0,1\}$ for example.
12 mins ago, by DHMO
@AlessandroCodenotti
1. non-negativity: by definition the image is {0,1}.
2. null-empty set: x_0 cannot be in {}, so f({}) = 0.
3. countable subadditivity: if A_1,A_2,...,A_n does not contain x_0, then both sides are 0; if they contain x_0, then the left hand side must be 1 while the right hand side is at least 1
@AlessandroCodenotti here
yes, you need monotonicity too but that's easy to show
thanks
09:54
Actually, isn't that the Dirac measure?
now the interesting question is what are the measurable sets with respect to this measure?
@SteamyRoot Could be, I've never seen this measure called with a specific name
Really?
That's really surprising to me. It's one of the standard examples in measure theory, and it's how you can justify integrating over a delta "function".
in the same way pick a set $X$ and define an outer measure $\varphi:2^X\to[0,+\infty]$ such that $\varphi(A)=0$ if $A=\varnothing$ and $1$ for all other subsets of $X$ (it's easy to check that this is a measure), what are the measurable sets though?
@SteamyRoot According to wiki that's called the Dirac measure, weird, I wonder why our prof didn't tell us that is a name
if E and A contain x0, then f(E)=1, f(ExA)=1, f(Ex-A)=0.
If E contains x0 but not A, then f(E)=1, f(ExA)=0, f(Ex-A)=1.
So E is measurable.

If both E and A do not contain x0, then f(E)=0, f(ExA)=0, f(Ex-A)=0.
If E does not contain x0 but A contains x0, then f(E)=0, f(ExA)=0, f(E-A)=0.
So E is measurable.

Every set is measurable.
10:00
$E \cap A$
So what's Ex-A?
$E \cap A^c$
yup looks good
thanks
and how is it interesting?
Every set being measurable is kinda nice :P
10:04
Is there an outer measure where no set is measurable except the empty set and $\Bbb R$?
Also, this means physicists are actually doing nothing wrong when they go $\int f(x)\delta_{x_0}(x)dx = f(x_0)$, even though they don't know why.
There's at least one set which is always measurable :P
at least $2$ I'd say?
@AlessandroCodenotti which two?
Oh, yeah, of course
But if you have one, you automatically have the other...
10:08
@AlessandroCodenotti $\phi(A) + \phi(A^c) = 1 + 1 \ne 1 = \phi(\Bbb R)$, unless $A = \varnothing$ or $A = \Bbb R$
but why must $\Bbb R$ be measurable in every outer measure? @AlessandroCodenotti
@DHMO after proving that the measurable sets of an outer measure form a $\sigma$-algebra the proof that the whole space is always measurable will be easy
In every outer measure, or in every outer measure defined on $\mathbb{R}$ ?
actually you don't even need all of that, it's easy to show that $A$ measurable implies $A^C$ measurable
and since $\varnothing$ is always measurable...
@AlessandroCodenotti wait, $\Bbb R$ is not measruable: Take $A=\{1\}$, $\phi(\Bbb R \cap A) = \phi(\{1\}) = 1$ and $\phi(\Bbb R \cap A^c) = 1$
10:13
that means that $A$ is not measurable
oh, lol
$\phi(A)=\phi(A\cap E)+\phi(A\cap E^C)$ for all $A\in2^X$ means that $E$ is measurable
in that case I understand why $\varnothing$ and $\Bbb R$ must be measurable
@AlessandroCodenotti Earlier I created an outer measure $f(A) := |\{x \in A: x \in \Bbb Q\}|$
what are the measurable sets?
I feel that all sets are measurable lol
Hmm, if your measure were defined on $\Bbb Q$ than all subsets would be measurable, I'm not sure on $\Bbb R$ but it shouldn't be much harder
$f(A \cap E) + f(A \cap E^c)$
$= |\{x \in A \cap E: x \in \Bbb Q\}| + |\{x \in A \cap E^c: x \in \Bbb Q\}|$
$= |\{x \in A \cap E: x \in \Bbb Q\} \cup \{x \in A \cap E^c: x \in \Bbb Q\}|$
$= |\{x \in A \cap E \lor x \in A \cap E^c: x \in \Bbb Q\}|$
$= |\{x \in A: x \in \Bbb Q\}|$
$= f(A)$
The risky step is $|X|+|Y|=|X \cup Y|$
10:22
yeah I think everything is measurable
which is proved here
I'm not sure what paradox are you referring to
@AlessandroCodenotti but my measure isn't translation-invariant
I was referring to Banach-Tarski paradox, which also requires translation-invariance
@AlessandroCodenotti Can you find the translation-invariant sets under my measure?
all open sets in $\Bbb R$ are translation-invariant for example
10:27
probably all the sets containing an open interval
Consider any basis in $\Bbb R / \Bbb Q$. It does not contain any open interval
It is translation-invariant having measure always $1$.
Am I correct?
it had measure $0$ before translating though
how?
it doesn't contain any rational
How can it generate $\Bbb Q$ if it does not contain any rational?
10:30
ah, wait I was thinking about $\Bbb R\setminus\Bbb Q$
$\Bbb R \setminus \Bbb Q$ has measure $\infty$ if translated by a number within, and $0$ otherwise. Am I correct?
yep
I'm not sure what you're saying about a basis of $\mathbb R/\Bbb Q$ or why is it relevant here. How did you decide that it has measure $1$?
@AlessandroCodenotti well, it has to contain exactly one element of $\Bbb Q$ in order to generate $\Bbb Q$
and I used intuition for the translation...
Fun fact: "pardon" stems from "per-" and "donare", meaning "for" and "give" respectively, which is created exactly from a Germanic form of "for- give"
so our language contains "pardon" and "forgive"...
@AlessandroCodenotti well, my intuition tells me that after translation, it is still a basis of $\Bbb R / \Bbb Q$. Is my intuition correct?
@MartinSleziak your bounty is expiring lol
@DHMO Every bounty expires after one week. What's unusual about that?
At least I'll have something to post in the bounty room.
Jan 23 at 7:22, by Martin Sleziak
Since I am trying to get the bounty room going, perhaps a reasonable thing could be to promote it here. So here is link to the relevant meta post and here is the room.
@MartinSleziak could you answer my question?
10:39
I probably should not visit chat. People are always laughing out loud at me.
@DHMO I am sure I have answered several of them.
@MartinSleziak I asked if a basis of $\Bbb R / \Bbb Q$ is still a basis after translating
Do you mean Hamel basis of $\mathbb R$ as a vector space over $\mathbb Q$?
that should be true
Or what is $\mathbb R/\mathbb Q$?
I don't see why can't it have measure $0$ after translating
@MartinSleziak yes
10:42
If $B$ is a Hamel basis of $\mathbb R$ and $1\in B$, then after translation $B-1$ you no longer have a basis.
Since all elements of $B-1$ are irrational.
Are there some restrictions on $a$, if you are asking whether $B+a$ is a Hamel basis?
@MartinSleziak oh...
in that case, must it contain exactly one rational?
Oh, that's non-sense what I wrote, right?
I don't think it's nonsense
since there must be a rational that is in $B$
you can translate it by $-B$ and end up with a set containing $0$
So must Hamel basis contain a rational number?
so you must remove the zero and the remaining elements would be irrational, so they cannot generate $\Bbb Q$, right?
@MartinSleziak wait...
They don't have to contain a rational number?
10:46
Rational combination of irrational numbers can be rational. $\sqrt 2+(1-\sqrt 2)$.
I was too hasty.
yes, I just figured that out
must there be one? What if my basis contains $1+\sqrt{2}$ and $\sqrt{2}$?
lol we all realized at the same time
Still, if you are asking whether $B+a$ is Hamel basis, you definitely want $-a \notin B$, as DHMO said.
@MartinSleziak I guess I should give you the original question: is there a set such that it contains exactly one rational number under any translation?
That reminds Vitali's construction.
10:49
you have too much knowledge lol
That's non-sense.
When "constructing" Vitali set we take exactly one element from each coset $a+\mathbb Q$, right?
It looks like the Vitali set is the set I am finding
@MartinSleziak what is $a$?
$a\in\mathbb R$
isn't that the same as $\Bbb R / \Bbb Q$?
@MartinSleziak right. But there's some more work needed
10:53
The coset $a+\mathbb Q$ an element of the quotient group $\mathbb R/\mathbb Q$.
I think I confused Hamel basis with quotient group.
Can I just pick a basis of the quotient group $\Bbb R / \Bbb Q$?
actually maybe now, I'm misremembering
Since we have $V\cap (a+\mathbb Q)$ is singleton for each $a\in\mathbb R$, this also means that $(V-a)\cap \mathbb Q$ is singleton.
@DHMO I do not know what is basis of a group.
@MartinSleziak I guess I need to study everything all over again
@user400188 welcome
Hello again
10:55
@MartinSleziak I mean, the set of the quotient group contains equivalence classes right
pick one from each class and that forms the basis
@user400188 so, should we continue?
Yes, the underlying set of the quotient group $\mathbb R/\mathbb Q$ is $\{a+\mathbb Q; a\in\mathbb R\}$.
Sounds like a good Idea; but first, I have a question on The Axiom of Extensionality
Ok I am back, I think what DHMO found in the MSE is very similar to what I had in mind (and very similar to that incoherent mess of sentence when I first asked about topology before I read munkres). So to begin (reposting the diagram)....
3 hours ago, by Secret
user image
@user400188 go ahead
once again label the figures as
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
(also please ignore the typo "emptyset not shown", as DHMO and I discussed earlier)
10:56
@MartinSleziak oh, so I was correct except for using the term "Hamel basis" lol
thanks then
@AlessandroCodenotti so there you are, a translation-invariant set containing no open interval under my measure
@MartinSleziak just to confirm, does it contain any open interval?
no, because any open interval must contain at least 2 rational numbers, lol
So the Axiom of Extensionality: $\forall A\forall B(\forall X[X\in A\leftrightarrow X\in B]\rightarrow A=B)$
yes
what happens when I write the if as $\lnot A or B$ instead of $A\rightarrow B$ ?
as I said... the $\implies$ there means $\iff$... because it is a definition
You said that then later said that was a mistake
10:59
if you replace it with a real $\implies$, that means there are examples of $A=B$ for which $A$ and $B$ do not share elements...
In case there are any takers - this was asked in another room:
in Linear & Abstract algebra, 21 hours ago, by BAYMAX
I was reading the proof of a theorem which states that "if $|G| > 1 $ and $G$ is simple,Abelian then $G$ is prime cyclic ." Can someone help me in this !
@user400188 the mistake is with the axiom of pairing, not here
ah ok. Its strange that they use it that way.
1 and 9 are the easiest. 9 is the discrete topology. Here we can see a basis for 9 are the singletons. By using the discussion about hausodoff spaces in munkres as a starting point, since we can find neighbouhoods such that a,b,c are disjoint form each other, a,b,c are in the intuitive sense "isolated form each other

Whereas for 1, the only basis is the whole set, so it the neighbourhood. This contains all points. Therefore the singletons a,b,c are not disjoint from each other. If I understood correctly, that means a,b,c are in some sense "near each other"
@MartinSleziak just to make sure: is the $\implies$ in the axiom of extensionality the same with $\iff$?
11:01
I'm not sure what you mean.
@MartinSleziak the axiom of extensionality: $\forall A \forall B: (\forall x: x \in A \equiv x \in B) \implies A = B$
Are you asking about $\forall A \, \forall B \, ( \forall X \, (X \in A \iff X \in B) \Rightarrow A = B)$ vs. $\forall A \, \forall B \, ( \forall X \, (X \in A \iff X \in B) \Leftrightarrow A = B)$?
@Secret we say that a,b,c are connected
@MartinSleziak yes
I think that you do not need any axioms to get $A=B \Rightarrow (x\in A \Leftrightarrow x\in B)$.
@MartinSleziak heh? how?
11:03
@DHMO yup, Vitali is weird. Keep that set in mind when you get to the Lebesgue measure
@AlessandroCodenotti now, why isn't it measurable under Lebesgue?
Hi guys , i need help with this question , am gonna calculate the line integral around the circle x^2+y^2 =1 and y>=0 , y>=x , F is not difined at (0,0)
What are you suggesting Martin? That A=B implys by itself the other structure?
that's not a short proof @DHMO
@KasmirKhaan and what is the function?
@AlessandroCodenotti never mind then
11:04
Now for 5, we have a similar situation to 9, except a is isolated from b,c while b,c are connected (near each other(?)). A similar thing can be said about a,b in 8 as their neighbourhoods are disjoint from each other, thus a,b, are disconnected from each other
@Secret X and Y are said to be connected if every open set containing X also contains Y, and vice versa
DHMO am going to make other path , elliptical using this function r(t) = (cost, sint/ sqrt3 )
@DHMO Or to be more precise, this has nothing to do with axioms of ZFC, this is already part of logic. Have a look, for example, at axioms of Hilbert system. Wikipedia lists this as I9.
the problem is that they set the bounds on that ellips from pi/3 to pi
@user400188 See above ^
11:06
but i find it from pi /4 to pi
I dont see how they did it
@user400188 so I was wrong. The definition of $=$ itself includes the fact that every property has the same truth value
I don't belive you ever said it wasnt. At least I didnt notice it if you did.
@Secret "their neighbourhoods are disjoint from each other" is imprecise, if not incorrect
@user400188 so are we clear on this matter?
Not exactly. In I9, I see a := symbol to define '=', howver to my understanding =, := and $\leftrightarrow$ all have the same meaning
@user400188 I don't think $:=$ there means $\iff$
and $=$ certainly has a different meaning with $\iff$
11:11
However, when I tried to apply a similar logic to 2 (and by extension to the other figures), I ran into a problem

Using the logic I just mentioned, a is disconnected from b,c. But there's also a neighbouhood around a that makes a only be disconnected from c and of course the neightbourhood that is the whole set where all 3 points are connected to each other.

The only way out is I think when we discuss whether points are "near each other" intuitively speaking, we seemed to be talking about different scales. So if we take unions, we "zoomed out" in the scale thus some points that seemed dis
@DHMO I doubt it does. Its just that the few times I have come accross it it has meant the same thing
@user400188 where?
Also = has always meant the same thing to me in logic
It was in the chat actualy. I asked what it meant when soemone brought it up and they said := just meant $\leftrightarrow$; although it was pronounced differently.
It was on the topic of propositional logic mind you
I am minded
I'm fairly sure in that context they are the same
11:15
@Secret I guess I am wrong, as I always am
I seem to have invented the word "connected"
The term "isolated" is real though
@Secret I don't know what "near" means though
Is "two different points lying within the same neighborhood" the same as the intuitive notion of "two points are next to each other"?
@Secret two points must lie within a same neighbourhood, namely the underlying set
What I meant that one of logical axioms says that if you have a formula $\phi(x)$ and if $A=B$, then $\phi(A)$ and $\phi(B)$ are equivalent.
The answer you refer to me also reference to the idea of "two different scales"
I might be mistaken, but I think that this is what I9 in that Wikipedia article says.
11:19
@MartinSleziak I agree
You say that; but you used "if" for the first $\rightarrow$ and equivilant for the second.
@MartinSleziak ^
@user400188 yes, because the other direction is embedded in the definition of $=$ and is a separate axiom
so the axiom of extensionality deals with the $\implies$ case
and I9 deals with the $\impliedby$ case
But then, the other two neighbourhoods of $a$ shown above will mean $a$ is somehow not next to $b,c$ and next to $b,c$ at the same time?
@Secret As I said, you need to define "next to"
11:21
ahhhh. I see what you mean now. Thanks @DHMO and @MartinSleziak
@user400188 so are we clear?
Ill need to write that hilbert thing down next to my definition of Extensionality
axiom of extensionality
We are clear.
then should we go to the next axiom?
11:23
One last question before we do: would it be logicaly correct to "AND" I9 with the Axiom of Extensionality?
sure
I'm thinking if I did so then the one directional $\implies$ would go away
you would end up with $\forall A,B: (\forall x: x \in A \equiv x \in B) \iff A = B$
I'll go through thw working in my own time. I jjust wanted to make sure it was allowed.
If the space has some given metric d, then we can say "a is next to b" if d(a,b) < $\delta$ where $\delta > 0$ is some number. But in general topology, we don't necessary have a metric, thus I don't know how the daily life intuition of "next to" as formalised above is reflected by open sets of different sizes and types in topology
11:26
Can we prove that $S \subset \Bbb N \land |S| < |\Bbb N| \implies S\text{ has a maximum}$?
@Secret then every number is next to each other...
@user400188 so should we go to the next axiom?
The jokes in this chat are so not funny, lol.
Sorry I took so long I was getting lead for my pencil
I used normal pencil then mechanical pencil and now I am going back to normal pencil again, because mechanical pencil you always need to put in the lead and sometimes it doesn't work very well. =)
@user400188 Axiom of Union: $\forall X \exists Y \forall u [u \in Y \equiv \exists z[u \in z \land z \in X]]$
11:35
I've never had a problem with mine. Plus I've found the lead useualy lasts longer than the lead does beofre you need to sharpen it on a regular one.
The problem with pen is that you keep running out of ink, lol.
Just to confirm $\equiv$ means $\leftrightarrow$ ?
yes
Sorry I had to move rooms just then. So I was gone for a while
at the moment im trying to translate the axiom into english
sure
11:45
For all x and u, there exists a Y suh that u is an element of Y; if and only if there exists a z such that u is in z and z is in X
you cant swap the quantifiers!
WHat do you mean? I only changed the order of $\exists Y$
you cant do that
Is that only the case when there is more than one?
I'm pretty sure $P(x)\land [\exists y \in Y Q(y)]\equiv\exists y \in Y [P(x))\land Q(y)]$
hmm
that isnt swapping quantifiers
alright
11:56
Indeed. So its only quantifiers that cant be swapped?
i dont know
I sort of get why it might not work. $\forall A\exists B$ seems to cover less cases than $\exists B\forall A$ becuase one takes all cases of A and choses a b in them; while the other takes 1 or more cases of B and finds all the A in them.
or at least that is how they seem to read
yes
I've just never truthed that definition beucase I made it up myself. And that it sounds to much like using subsets which Quantifiers are not.

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