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Real Measure


A real measure nu on a measurable space (X,A) is a finite signed measure, equivalently a complex measure whose values are all real numbers (Rudin 1987, p. 119). Its total variation satisfies |nu|(X)<infty. A general signed measure may also take one of the values +infty and -infty (Hunter 2011, pp. 70-71).


See also

Complex Measure, Jordan Measure Decomposition, Measure, Positive Measure, Signed Measure, Total Variation

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References

Hunter, J. K. Measure Theory. Lecture notes, pp. 70-74, 2011. https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~hunter/measure_theory/measure_notes.pdf.Rudin, W. Real and Complex Analysis, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 118-119, 1987.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Real Measure." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RealMeasure.html

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