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Countable subadditivity of Lebesgue outer measure (m∗(⋃n​An​)≤∑n​m∗(An​))

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If the sum of Lebesgue outer measures on the right is infinite, the inequality is automatic. Otherwise, fix ε>0 and cover each An​ by a countable family of intervals whose total length is less than m∗(An​)+ε2−n. These covers exist by the definition of infimum. The combined countable family covers ⋃n​An​ and has total length at most ∑n​m∗(An​)+ε. Take the infimum over covers of the union, then let ε tend to zero. No measurability assumption on the An​ is needed.

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