Regularity of finite Borel measures on Euclidean space
ID: regularity-of-finite-borel-measures-on-euclidean-space
Every finite positive Borel measure on Euclidean space is inner regular by compact sets and outer regular by open sets. For an open set , the compact sets increase to , so continuity from below of a measure gives inner approximation. The empty complement is handled by compact balls. The class of Borel sets admitting both approximations is closed under complements: interchange inner and outer approximations, then truncate the inner closed set by a large compact ball, using finiteness of the measure. For a countable union, approximate its components from outside with summable errors, and approximate finitely many components from inside after making the remaining union's measure small. Thus this class is a sigma-algebra containing the open sets. In particular, a finite measure carried by a Borel null set has compact subsets of that carrier capturing arbitrarily nearly all its mass.
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