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The product of a content-zero set and a compact interval has content zero
Statement
If has content zero and , then has content zero in .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A set of content zero, a compact interval , and a real tolerance .
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 by countable and finite cube covers).
For every real there is a unique integer such that (Integer part: for every real there is exactly one integer with ).
Proof
If , the empty family covers . If , use [F1] with tolerance , obtaining a finite cube cover with side lengths and total base volume at most ; then the cubes cover and have total -volume at most the base total.
Suppose and . Use [F1] with tolerance ; enlarge any zero-side cubes slightly, using the unused half of this tolerance, so that the resulting finite cover has and total base volume below . For each , let . Fact [F2] gives and , and the consecutive -cubes of side above cover .
The total volume of the cubes in step 1.2 is , the first two inequalities being the bounds and 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 has content zero.