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FALSE: agreement on an arbitrary generating family determines a measure

Statement

False claim. If two probability measures agree on any family that generates the sigma-algebra, then they agree everywhere. The valid theorem Measures agreeing on a generating pi-system are equal under an increasing finite-measure exhaustion from that pi-system requires the generating family to be a pi-system.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The set X={NW,NE,SW,SE} and the family G of its north row, south row, west column, and east column.

[L1]

A sigma-algebra generated by G is the smallest sigma-algebra containing G (The sigma-algebra generated by a family of sets).

[L2]

A probability measure is a measure of total mass 1 (Probability measures and probability spaces).

[L3]

A pi-system is nonempty and closed under binary intersections (Pi-systems), and agreement on a generating pi-system with the stated finite exhaustion determines a measure (Measures agreeing on a generating pi-system are equal under an increasing finite-measure exhaustion from that pi-system).

Refutation

technique · direct
1.1

Define μ by masses 1/2 at NW,SE and 0 at the other points, and define ν by masses 1/2 at NE,SW and 0 at the other points. Finite summation over subsets makes both probability measures on P(X).

givenL2
1.2

Intersections of a row and a column give every singleton, so σX(G)=P(X); but those singleton intersections are not themselves in G, so G is not a pi-system.

givenL1L3
2.1

Each row and each column contains one point of mass 1/2 for each measure, so μ and ν agree on every member of G.

givenstep 1.1algebra
3.1

The measures differ, for example μ({NW})=1/2 while ν({NW})=0. Together with steps 2.1 and 1.2 this refutes the claim and identifies the missing intersection-closure hypothesis.

step 1.1step 2.1step 1.2L3

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