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taking the value of one on the rationals, and zero, otherwise. Clearly the measure of this function should be zero, but how can one find regions that are continuous, given that the rationals are
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Lawrence C. Evans, Ronald F. Gariepy, "Measure Theory and fine properties of functions", CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Textbooks in mathematics, Theorem 1.14
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Informally, measurable functions into spaces with countable base can be approximated by continuous functions on arbitrarily large portion of their domain.
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and density of smooth functions. Egorov's theorem states that pointwise convergence is nearly uniform, and uniform convergence preserves continuity.
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The proof of Lusin's theorem can be found in many classical books. Intuitively, one expects it as a consequence of
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This article is about the theorem of real analysis. For the separation theorem in descriptive set theory, see
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in the reals? The requirements for Lusin's theorem can be satisfied with the following construction of a set
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The strength of Lusin's theorem might not be readily apparent, as can be demonstrated by example. Consider
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M. B. Feldman, "A Proof of Lusin's Theorem", American Math. Monthly, 88 (1981), 191-2
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W. Zygmunt. Scorza-Dragoni property (in Polish), UMCS, Lublin, 1990
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which contains no rationals, and has a measure of more than
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Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications
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N. Lusin. Sur les propriétés des fonctions mesurables,
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Then, for every 131:{\displaystyle f:\rightarrow \mathbb {C} } 1077: 899: 706:with compact support that coincides with 686: 618: 124: 478:of finite measure there is a closed set 14: 1418: 1062:{\displaystyle \{x_{n};n=1,2,\dots \}} 84: 24: 1248: 631:{\displaystyle Y=\mathbb {R} ^{d}} 465: 390:topological space equipped with a 356: 25: 1442: 1229: 514: 445:{\displaystyle \varepsilon >0} 73:on nearly all its domain. In the 426:be a measurable function. Given 419:{\displaystyle f:X\rightarrow Y} 371:{\displaystyle (X,\Sigma ,\mu )} 229:is defined using this topology. 1346:{\displaystyle 1-2\varepsilon } 1277:Then the sequence of open sets 862: 335: 1398: 1226: 1214: 1182: 1114: 970: 958: 923: 920: 908: 841: 837: 831: 824: 800: 796: 790: 776: 681: 520: 508: 410: 365: 347: 305: 299: 290: 284: 275: 263: 176: 170: 120: 117: 105: 13: 1: 1356: 1084:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Q} } 471:{\displaystyle A\in \Sigma } 7: 10: 1447: 1431:Theorems in measure theory 874: 32:Lusin's separation theorem 29: 1426:Theorems in real analysis 27:Theorem in measure theory 149: ⊆  such that 69:if and only if it is a 1371:154 (1912), 1688–1690. 1347: 1318: 1298: 1267: 1252: 1189: 1085: 1069:be any enumeration of 1063: 1004: 977: 945: 849: 740: 720: 700: 652: 632: 593: 573: 553: 533: 492: 472: 446: 420: 372: 315: 232:Also for any function 204: 132: 89:For an interval , let 1348: 1319: 1299: 1297:{\displaystyle G_{n}} 1268: 1232: 1190: 1086: 1064: 1005: 978: 951:on the unit interval 946: 850: 741: 721: 701: 653: 633: 594: 574: 554: 534: 493: 473: 447: 421: 373: 316: 221:from ; continuity of 205: 133: 43:mathematical analysis 1328: 1308: 1281: 1205: 1098: 1073: 1016: 991: 955: 890: 753: 730: 710: 662: 642: 607: 583: 563: 543: 502: 482: 456: 430: 398: 344: 251: 240:there is a function 164: 96: 75:informal formulation 18:Luzin's theorem 1378:, 2nd ed. Chapter 7 85:Classical statement 71:continuous function 65:finite function is 1343: 1314: 1294: 1263: 1185: 1081: 1059: 1003:{\displaystyle E.} 1000: 973: 941: 885:indicator function 881:Dirichlet function 845: 822: 774: 736: 716: 696: 648: 628: 589: 579:is continuous. 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Index

Luzin's theorem
Lusin's separation theorem
mathematical
mathematical analysis
Nikolai Luzin
almost-everywhere
measurable
continuous function
informal formulation
J. E. Littlewood
subspace topology
Radon measure
second-countable
Borel algebra
locally compact
Egorov's theorem
Dirichlet function
indicator function
dense
"Luzin criterion - Encyclopedia of Mathematics"
Categories
Theorems in real analysis
Theorems in measure theory

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