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On Borel subsets of R^{m+n}, the product lambda_m times lambda_n agrees with lambda_{m+n}

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)). Let m,n≥1. Under the identification Rm+n=Rm×Rn, the product measure λm×λn and the Euclidean Lebesgue measure λm+n agree on every Borel subset of Rm+n.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice, positive integers m,n, and the identification Rm+n=Rm×Rn.

[L1]

The Borel sigma-algebra on Rm+n is B(Rm)⊗B(Rn). (The Borel product of R^m and R^n is the Borel sigma-algebra of R^{m+n})

[L2]

The product measure on sigma-finite spaces exists and satisfies the rectangle formula. (For sigma-finite factors, the product measure exists, has the rectangle formula, is sigma-finite, and is unique)

[L5]

Two measures that agree on a sigma-finite generating pi-system agree on the generated sigma-algebra. (Measures agreeing on a generating pi-system are equal under an increasing finite-measure exhaustion from that pi-system)

[A1]

Rational half-open boxes, together with the empty set, form a generating pi-system for B(Rm+n). The increasing boxes QN=(−N,N]m+n exhaust the space and have finite measure for both measures in the Statement.

Proof

technique · direct
1.1L2L3

For d=m,n, the cubes (−N,N]d exhaust Rd and have finite measure by [L3], so the sigma-finite product theorem [L2] applies. Let Q=∏i<m+n(ai,bi] be a rational half-open box. Split it as Q=A×B with A⊆Rm and B⊆Rn. Then the rectangle formula of [L2] and [L3] give (λm×λn)(Q)=λm(A)λn(B)=∏i<m+n(bi−ai)=λm+n(Q).

2.1A1L1L2L3L5step 1.1∎

Each QN from [A1] has finite λm+n-measure by [L3], and finite product measure by [L2] and [L3]; step 1.1 shows these values agree. The same step gives agreement on the whole generating pi-system, while [L1] identifies its generated sigma-algebra with B(Rm+n). Therefore [L5] implies λm×λn=λm+n on every Borel set.

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