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Premeasure


A premeasure on an algebra or ring S of subsets of a set X is a set function mu:S->[0,infty] such that mu(emptyset)=0 and, for every disjoint sequence E_1,E_2,... in S whose union belongs to S,

 mu( union _(k=1)^inftyE_k)=sum_(k=1)^inftymu(E_k).

See also

Carathéodory Extension, Carathéodory Extension Theorem, Countable Additivity, Measurable Function, Measure, Measure Space, Outer Measure

Portions of this entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Royden, H. L. and Fitzpatrick, P. M. Real Analysis. Pearson, 2010.

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Christopher Stover. "Premeasure." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Premeasure.html

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