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A locally integrable function can fail to differentiate on a null set

Example

Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)).

Define f(x):=∑k=0∞1(2−2k−1, 2−2k)(x)(x∈R). Then f is bounded and locally integrable, but the averages Arf(0) do not converge as r→0+. Thus differentiation can fail on the null set {0}.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice and the function f above.

[L1]

Ball averages are the normalized interval averages in one dimension. (The average of a locally integrable function over a Euclidean ball)

[L2]

Lebesgue differentiation holds almost everywhere for locally integrable functions. (Lebesgue differentiation theorem on Rn)

Verification

technique · direct
1.1givenalgebra

The function f takes only the values 0 and 1, so it is measurable and [given, algebra] bounded by 1. Hence it is locally integrable on R.

1.2L1givenalgebra

For rm:=2−2m, the set on which f=1 inside (−rm,rm) is [L1, given, algebra] exactly the disjoint union ⋃k≥m(2−2k−1,2−2k), whose total length is ∑k≥m2−2k−1=2−2m−11−2−2=2−2m+13. Therefore Armf(0)=12rm∫−rmrmf(x) dx=13.

2.1L1step 1.2algebra

For sm:=2−2m−1, the set on which f=1 inside (−sm,sm) is [L1, step 1.2, algebra] exactly ⋃k≥m+1(2−2k−1,2−2k), whose total length is ∑k≥m+12−2k−1=2−2m−13. Hence Asmf(0)=12sm∫−smsmf(x) dx=16.

3.1L2step 1.2step 2.1∎

Steps 1.2 and 2.1 give two sequences of radii tending to 0 along which [L2, step 1.2, step 2.1] Arf(0) tends to different values. So Arf(0) has no limit as r→0+. This does not contradict [L2], because the exceptional set here is the singleton null set {0}.

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