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Jordan inner content, outer content, measurability, and content are translation invariant

Statement

Let $n \geq 1$ . For every bounded $E \subseteq R^{n}$ and every $a \in R^{n}$ , the translates $E + a$ and $E$ have equal Jordan inner and outer contents. Consequently, $E$ is Jordan measurable if and only if $E + a$ is Jordan measurable, and in that case

$cont (E + a) = cont (E) .$

Here translation is as in Translation of a subset of $R^{n}$ .

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A natural $n \geq 1$ , a bounded set $E \subseteq R^{n}$ , and a vector $a \in R^{n}$ .

[L1]

For a bounded set, Jordan outer content is the infimum of the total volumes of finite axis-parallel rectangle covers, and Jordan inner content is the supremum of the total volumes of finite interior-disjoint axis-parallel rectangle families contained in the set (Jordan inner and outer content and Jordan measurable bounded sets in $R^{m}$ ).

[L2]

A rectangle $[u, v] \subseteq R^{n}$ has volume $\prod_{j < n} (v_{j} - u_{j})$ (Axis-parallel rectangles in $R^{m}$ and their volume).

[L3]

The translate of $E$ by $a$ is $E + a = {x + a : x \in E}$ , and translation by $a$ is a bijection with inverse translation by $- a$ (Translation of a subset of $R^{n}$ ).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1L1L2L3

Translation by $a$ sends every axis-parallel rectangle $[u, v]$ bijectively to $[u + a, v + a]$ , preserves all side lengths and volumes by [L2], preserves containment and interior-disjointness, and sends finite covers or inner families for $E$ to families of the same total volume for $E + a$ ; this also covers the empty family, the empty set, and rectangles with zero side length.

2.1step 1.1L1

Step 1.1 gives outer content of $E + a$ at most that of $E$ and inner content of $E + a$ at least that of $E$ ; applying the same argument to translation by $- a$ gives the reverse inequalities, so both respective contents are equal.

3.1step 2.1L1∎

Equality of the two contents for $E$ is therefore equivalent to equality of the two contents for $E + a$ , and when these equalities hold their common values agree.

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Sources

M. E. Taylor, Introduction to Analysis in Several Variables, §3.1 (standard reference, not scraped)
W. F. Trench, Introduction to Real Analysis, §7.3 (standard reference, not scraped)