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Week 3 Coursework Test

  1. Put $X = \{0,1\}^\N$. For each finite subset $I$ of $\N$ and every function $\epsilon : I \to \{0,1\}$ define \[ \mathsf{C}(I,\epsilon) = \bigcap_{i \in I} \, \{ x \in X : x(i) = \epsilon(i) \} \] and call any such subset of $X$ a cylinder set.
    1. Thinking of $X$ as the sample space for an infinite sequence of fair coin-tosses, what value in $[0,1]$ would you consider appropriate as the probability of $\mathsf{C}(I,\epsilon)$?
    2. Use your answer to i. to define an outer measure $\Xi$ on $\mathcal{P}(X)$ using cylinder sets. Verify that you have indeed defined an outer measure.
    3. It is proved in the notes that the collection of subsets of $\R$ satisfying the Carathéodory criterion for $\Lambda$ is a σ-algebra and that $\Lambda$ is a measure on that σ-algebra. Does that proof need to be changed in order to show that the collection $\mathscr{B}$ of subsets of $X$ satisfying the Carathéodory criterion for your $\Xi$ is a σ-algebra and that $\Xi$ is a measure on $\mathscr{B}$?
    4. Verify that every cylinder set belongs to $\mathscr{B}$ and that $\Xi(\mathsf{C}(I,\epsilon))$ agrees with your answer to i.
  2. Fix $f : \R \to [0,\infty)$ continuous and non-decreasing. Prove for every $a \l b$ that \[ \int 1_{[a,b]} \cdot f \intd \lambda \] is equal to the Riemann integral of $f$ on $[a,b]$.