Solution

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Fix and define
This is a Dynkin system: it contains ; taking complements preserves the equality because ; and countable additivity preserves it under disjoint unions. The hypothesis says that contains the pi-system . Hence Dynkin lemma gives .
Now fix any and put
The same complement and disjoint-union calculations make this a Dynkin system. The first step shows that it contains , so Dynkin lemma gives . Thus
This is precisely the definition of independent sigma-algebras, and proves independence extended from generating pi-systems.

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