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Reflection invariance of Lebesgue outer measure
Formulation 0
Let Rd be a D816: Euclidean real Cartesian product.
Let μ be the D780: Lebesgue outer measure on Rd.
Then ERd:μ(E)=μ(E)
Proofs
Proof 0
Let Rd be a D816: Euclidean real Cartesian product.
Let μ be the D780: Lebesgue outer measure on Rd.
Let ERd. Let {In}nN be a countable covering of E by open real d-intervals. Result R2985: Set covering of Euclidean real reflected set says that then {In}nN is in turn a countable covering of the reflected set E by open real d-intervals. Results
(i) R1052: Lebesgue outer measure coincides with the volume function on real n-intervals
(ii) R1160: Reflection invariance of Euclidean volume function
(iii) R1049: Lebesgue outer measure is outer measure

now imply μ(E)μ(nNIn)nNμ(In)=nNVol(In)=nNVol(In) Since {In}nN was an arbitrary covering of E, we may apply R1109: Antitonicity of infimum to extend the above inequality to the infimum element on the right hand side over all such coverings of E to obtain μ(E)inf We may now proceed to apply this inequality in turn to the reflected set -E itself to deduce \begin{equation} \mu^*(E) = \mu^*(- (-E)) \leq \mu^*(- E) \end{equation} An inequality in both directions was established, whence R1043: Equality from two inequalities for real numbers implies the equality \mu^*(- E) = \mu^*(E). This finishes the proof. \square