By definition of a sigma-algebra pullback, we have
σpullback⟨f⟩={f−1(E):E∈F}
Result
R1176: Inverse image of a constant map is either empty or equal to the domain set shows that
σpullback⟨f⟩⊆{∅,X}. It remains to establish the converse inclusion. By definition of a sigma-algebra, we have we have
∅∈FY. Additionally, result
R2076: Inverse image of empty set shows that
f−1(∅)=∅, so that
∅∈σpullback⟨f⟩. If
X is empty, then we are done since in that case
{∅,X}={∅,∅}={∅}. Suppose thus that
X≠∅ and fix
x∈X. Since a map is, by definition, a
D359: Left-total binary relation, then there exists
y∈Y such that
f(x)=y. A sigma-algebra is closed under complements, so
Y∖∅=Y∈FY. Since
y∈Y and since
f is constant, then
f−1(Y)=X, whence
X∈σpullback⟨f⟩ and
{∅,X}⊆σpullback⟨f⟩.
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