Borel null set 2026-10-06
A Borel set of Lebesgue measure zero. Every Lebesgue-null set is contained in a Borel null set, by outer regularity; consequently testing all Borel null sets suffices in the definition of a Sierpiński set.
Luzin set 2026-10-06
An uncountable subset of the real numbers with countable intersection with every meagre set. This is the category counterpart of a Sierpiński set.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 19 1 i b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
A Sierpiński set is an uncountable subset of such that is countable for every set of Lebesgue measure zero. Equivalently it is enough to test Borel null sets, because every null set is contained in a Borel null set. Uncountability and countable intersection with every null set are both required. This is the measure analogue of the category-based Luzin set condition; it does not say that itself is measurable.