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For compact subsets of Rm, measure zero and content zero coincide

Statement

A compact subset of Rm is null if and only if it has content zero.

Facts & Assumptions

Proof

technique · direct
1.1L1given

One implication is [L1]. For the other, fix ε>0 and choose a countable closed-cube cover of K with total volume below ε/2.

2.1step 1.1givenchoose

Enlarge the j-th cube to a larger closed cube whose interior contains it, choosing the added volume below ε2−j−2. The interiors form an open cover and the total volumes of their closed containing cubes are below ε.

3.1step 2.1L2given

Compactness selects finitely many of those interiors. The corresponding finite family of closed enlarged cubes still covers K, and its volume sum is at most the entire nonnegative series, hence below ε.

4.1step 3.1∎

Thus K has content zero.

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