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Monotonicity of Lebesgue outer measure (A⊆B⟹m∗(A)≤m∗(B))

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Area of mathematics Analysis Real analysis Measure theory Outer measure Lebesgue outer measure
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If A⊆B, every countable interval cover of B is also a cover of A. Taking the infimum of the lengths over the larger family of covers can only decrease the result. Thus Lebesgue outer measure is monotone on all subsets, with no measurability assumption.

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