For each , choose with and set . Countable subadditivity gives . For any tolerance , choose with . For all and every , , proving uniform convergence on .
If the functions are Borel measurable, itself is Borel and we can take . If “measurable” is interpreted in the completed Lebesgue sense, use regularity of Lebesgue measure to choose a Borel subset differing from by a null set; the same measure bound and uniform convergence hold. Thus the requested Borel conclusion is valid under either convention. This proves the finite-measure Egorov theorem.
For an infinite-measure counterexample take and . It converges pointwise to zero. Any subset of with complement of finite measure intersects every infinite tail , so the supremum of there is one for every . Hence finite measure is essential to the conclusion.
Yes. The regularity of Lebesgue measure says that for every Lebesgue measurable set and every , there is an open set with
Write as a countable disjoint union of intervals. Since its total measure is at most one, a finite subunion can be chosen with
Then and . Hence every Lebesgue measurable set lies in , while by definition. Therefore