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A continuous preimage of a Lebesgue measurable set can be nonmeasurable

Statement refuted

That a continuous preimage of a Lebesgue measurable subset of R must be Lebesgue measurable.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice, a Lebesgue measurable set E⊆R, a subset X⊆R, and a continuous map g:X→R such that g−1[E] is not Lebesgue measurable.

[L1]

Assuming the Axiom of Choice, such data exist. (A continuous preimage of a Lebesgue measurable subset of R can be nonmeasurable)

Counterexample

technique · direct
1.1L1

By [L1], the set E is Lebesgue measurable and the map g is continuous. [L1]

2.1step 1.1L1∎

The same fact [L1] says that g−1[E] is not Lebesgue measurable, which [step 1.1, L1] is exactly the required failure.

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