Solution

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A regular outer measure has, for every , a measurable hull with .
Suppose is an algebra containing and is finitely additive on . Fix and an arbitrary of finite outer measure. Take a measurable hull of . Both and belong to , so
Outer subadditivity gives equality. If , outer subadditivity already forces the sum on the right to be infinite, again giving equality. Therefore satisfies the Caratheodory criterion. We have proved , so
This proves the maximal additivity algebra of a regular outer measure without any sigma-finiteness assumption.

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