The relation is an instance of absolute continuity of measures: it means that every -null event is also -null,
By the Radon-Nikodym theorem, this is equivalent to the existence of a nonnegative Radon-Nikodym derivative whose -expectation is one.
The map is a nonsingular transformation with respect to when
Equivalently, the pushforward measure satisfies .
For an essentially bounded observable , define the Koopman operator
Nonsingularity makes this well defined on almost-everywhere equivalence classes. By the Radon-Nikodym theorem,
Consequently the bounded Koopman operator criterion is
Each component of a finite vector measure is absolutely continuous with respect to its variation measure. The Radon-Nikodym theorem gives a vector density . Taking the variation measure of this representation gives , hence the unit-length property. For a BV derivative this separates the magnitude of variation from its local direction.
Positive functional representation on Lp Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
On a finite measure space, a positive functional defines the finite measure . The Radon-Nikodym theorem gives with . The bound
and - norm duality imply , after which density extends the integral representation to every .