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FALSE: every Riemann integrable function on a closed bounded interval is Borel measurable

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Every Riemann integrable function on a closed bounded interval is Borel measurable.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice, the Cantor set C[0,1], the map ψ(x)=x+c(x), and the compact set K:=ψ[C].

[L1]

The map ψ is a homeomorphism from [0,1] onto [0,2], and K=ψ[C] is compact and Lebesgue measurable with λ1(K)=1. (The map xx+c(x) is a homeomorphism from [0,1] onto [0,2], The homeomorphism xx+c(x) sends the Cantor set onto a compact set of Lebesgue measure 1)

[L2]

Every subset of R of positive Lebesgue outer measure contains a nonmeasurable subset. (Every subset of R of positive Lebesgue outer measure contains a nonmeasurable subset)

[L3]

The Cantor set is Lebesgue measurable with measure 0. (The Cantor set is an uncountable subset of R of Lebesgue measure zero)

[L6]

A bounded function on [0,1] is Riemann integrable exactly when its discontinuity set has Lebesgue measure 0. (A bounded function on a closed bounded interval, or on a closed nondegenerate rectangle, is Riemann integrable exactly when its discontinuity set has Lebesgue measure zero)

[L7]

The Borel sigma-algebra of a subspace is the trace of the ambient Borel sigma-algebra. (The Borel sigma-algebra of a subspace is the trace of the ambient Borel sigma-algebra)

[L8]

A continuous map has Borel preimages of Borel sets. (A continuous map has Borel preimages of Borel sets)

Refutation

technique · refutation
1.1

By [L1], the compact set K has positive measure, so [L2] provides a [L1, L2, L3, L4, construct] nonmeasurable subset NK. Put E:=ψ1[N]C. Since C is measurable and null by [L3], step 1.1 and [L4] show that E is Lebesgue measurable and null.

2.1

Let h:=1E on [0,1]. If xC, then [step 1.1, L3, L5, L6] an open neighbourhood of x disjoint from C, hence disjoint from E, so h is identically 0 there. Thus every discontinuity of h lies in C. Since C has Lebesgue measure 0 by [L3], [L6] makes h Riemann integrable on [0,1].

3.1

Suppose instead that h were Borel measurable on [0,1]. [step 1.1, step 2.1, L1, L7, L8, assume-contra, discharge-contradiction] Then E=h1((1/2,)) would be Borel in the subspace [0,1]. Because EC, [L7] makes E Borel in the subspace C. The restriction ψC:CK is a homeomorphism by [L1], so its inverse (ψC)1:KC is continuous; applying [L8] to that inverse shows that N=ψ[E] is Borel in the subspace K. Since K is compact and therefore closed in R, [L7] makes N Borel in R, contradicting the choice of N. Therefore h is Riemann integrable but not Borel measurable, and the statement is false. ∎

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