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GARISSA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR FOUR

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

COURSE CODE: MAT 412

COURSE TITLE: MEASURE THEORY

EXAMINATION DURATION: 2 HOURS

DATE: 07/02/2020 TIME: 2.00-4.00 PM

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES

 The examination has FIVE (5) questions

 Question ONE (1) is COMPULSORY

 Choose any other TWO (2) questions from the remaining FOUR (4) questions

 Use sketch diagrams to illustrate your answer whenever necessary

 Do not carry mobile phones or any other written materials in examination room

 Do not write on this paper

This paper consists of THREE (3) printed pages please turn over

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QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY)

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a) Let μο be the Lebesgue outer measure on R and C be a fixed set in R such that 0 ≤ μ ο ( C ) < ∞ .
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Define μο ( A ) for each A ⊆ R by μ ( A )=μο ( A ⋂ C ) .
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Show that μ is also an outer measure on R (12 marks)

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b) Let A and B be subsets of R with μ ( A )=0. Show that μ ( A ⋃ B )=μ ( B)
(6 marks)

c) Define a Lebesgue measurable subset of R .

If A is a non-Lebesgue measurable subset of R , show that there is a subset E of A such that
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0< μ (E)<∞ (12 marks)

QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

a) Let AϵγM with μ( A)< ∞. Given that B is any subset of R such that B⊃ A , show that
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μ ( B− A )=μ ( B )−μ (A )
(10 marks)

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b) Let A ⊂ R with μ (A )< ∞. If there is a subset B of A s .t . B∈ γM with
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μ ( B )=μ (A ), show that AϵγM
(10 marks)

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

a) (i) Define a measurable function, f (1 mark)

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(ii) Let f ( x )=
5,x ≥0
−5 x <0
Show that f (x) is measurable
(4 marks)

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c
2 x ,if x ∈Q
b) Let g ( x )= where [ x] denotes the largest integer less than x
[ x ] if x ∈ Q
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{
4 ,if x ≥2
and h ( x ) = g x ) , if |x|<2
(
−3 , if x ≤−2

Show that both g(x ) and h( x) are measurable (9 marks)

c) Let X E be the characteristic function of a set E . Prove that X E is measurable if and only if
E ∈ γM (6 marks)

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

a) Show that if f is X −measurable , then |f | is also measurable. Moreover, if f is real-valued,

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then f is X −measurable if and only if f and f are X −measurable
(10 marks)
b) Let a function f : R → R be continuous. Show that f is Lebesgue measurable.
(4 marks)

c) If f is measurable, then |f | is also measurable. By use of an example, show that the converse is
not necessarily true (6 marks)

QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)

(i) State the Monotone Convergence theorem (MCT) (4 marks)

+¿ ( X , X ) , ¿
(ii) Given that ( f n ) ∈ M use MCT to show that
∞ ∞

∫ (∑ f n ¿)dμ=∑ ∫ f n dμ ¿ (7 marks)
n=1 n=1

(iii) Prove that ∫¿¿ (9 marks)

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