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Lebesgue's Dominated Convergence Theorem


Lebesgue's dominated convergence theorem states that if {f_n} is a sequence of measurable functions f_n:X->R or f_n:X->C on a measure space with a positive measure mu, f is measurable, f_n converges pointwise to f almost everywhere as n->infty, and |f_n|<=g almost everywhere for all n, where g is a nonnegative Lebesgue integrable function, then f is Lebesgue integrable, and

 int_Xfdmu=lim_(n->infty)int_Xf_ndmu.

(Hunter 2011, pp. 49-50).

If the measure is not a complete measure, an almost everywhere limit of measurable functions need not be measurable.


See also

Almost Everywhere Convergence, Measure Theory, Pointwise Convergence

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References

Browder, A. Mathematical Analysis: An Introduction. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996.Hunter, J. K. Measure Theory. Lecture notes, pp. 49-50, 2011. https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~hunter/measure_theory/measure_notes.pdf.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Lebesgue's Dominated Convergence Theorem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LebesguesDominatedConvergenceTheorem.html

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