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The product of a content-zero set and a compact interval has content zero

Statement

If A⊆Rm has content zero and c≤d, then A×[c,d] has content zero in Rm+1.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A set A⊆Rm of content zero, a compact interval [c,d], and a real tolerance ε>0.

[F1]

A set has content zero when for every positive tolerance it has a finite cover by closed cubes whose total volume is at most that tolerance (Measure zero and content zero in Rm by countable and finite cube covers).

[F2]

For every real x there is a unique integer ⌊x⌋ such that ⌊x⌋≤x<⌊x⌋+1 (Integer part: for every real x there is exactly one integer m with m≤x<m+1).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1givenF1cases

If A=∅, the empty family covers A×[c,d]. If d=c, use [F1] with tolerance min⁡{ε,1/2}, obtaining a finite cube cover Qi with side lengths ℓi≤1 and total base volume at most ε; then the cubes Qi×[c,c+ℓi] cover A×{c} and have total (m+1)-volume at most the base total.

1.2givenF1F2constructalgebra

Suppose A≠∅ and L:=d−c>0. Use [F1] with tolerance δ:=min⁡{1/2,ε/(2(L+1))}; enlarge any zero-side cubes slightly, using the unused half of this tolerance, so that the resulting finite cover has 0<ℓi≤1 and total base volume below 2δ≤ε/(L+1). For each i, let Ni:=1+⌊L/ℓi⌋. Fact [F2] gives Niℓi>L and Niℓi≤L+ℓi, and the Ni consecutive (m+1)-cubes of side ℓi above Qi cover Qi×[c,d].

2.1step 1.1step 1.2algebra∎

The total volume of the cubes in step 1.2 is ∑iNiℓim+1≤∑i(L+ℓi)ℓim≤(L+1)∑iℓim<ε, the first two inequalities being the bounds Niℓi≤L+ℓi and ℓi≤1 of step 1.2 and the last the strict bound on the base total. Together with step 1.1 this supplies an arbitrarily small finite cube cover in every case, so A×[c,d] has content zero.

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