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Subsets and countable unions of null subsets of are null
Statement
Every subset of a null subset of is null. Assuming countable choice, every countable union of null subsets of is null.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Null sets , .
Nullity is the cube-cover condition of Measure zero and content zero in by countable and finite cube covers.
Countable choice selects one cover for each (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()), and is countable ().
A nonnegative series converges with sum at most whenever all of its finite partial sums are at most (A series of nonnegative terms converges iff its partial sums are bounded, and then the sum is their supremum, Series, partial sums, convergence and the sum, divergence, and the tail series).
Proof
Subset closure follows because any cover of a set covers every subset.
Given , choose for each a cube cover of with total volume at most . This simultaneous selection uses [L2].
Enumerate the doubly indexed cubes through a bijection . Every finite partial sum is contained in a finite rectangle of indices and is at most .
By [L4], the enumerated nonnegative volume series converges with sum at most . The cubes cover , proving nullity.
Depends on
Measure zero and content zero in by countable and finite cube covers
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
For , , and for the series diverges
Series, partial sums, convergence and the sum, divergence, and the tail series
A series of nonnegative terms converges iff its partial sums are bounded, and then the sum is their supremum
Finite sums and finite products, by recursion
Laws of finite sums and finite products
Integer powers