A Quick Question on the Monotone Property of Integrals.

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Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{A},\mu)$ be a measure space with $f$, $g\in \mathcal{L}_1(\Omega,\mathcal{A},\mu)$. If for any $A\in\mathcal{A}$ we have $$\int_Afd\mu\geq\int_Agd\mu\space ,$$

show that $f\geq g\space a.e.$ I guessing this must be quiet straightforward, but I am a bit stuck and can't see how I can show $\mu(f<g)=0$ any help and assistance is greatly needed. Thanks in advance

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Suppose that it is not true that $ f \geq g $ almost everywhere. Then by definition, \begin{align} S & \stackrel{\text{df}}{=} \Omega \setminus \{ x \in \Omega \mid f(x) \geq g(x) \} \\ & = \{ x \in \Omega \mid f(x) < g(x) \} \\ & = \{ x \in \Omega \mid g(x) - f(x) > 0 \} \end{align} is a measurable subset of $ \Omega $ with non-zero measure. Define a partition $ (S_{n})_{n \in \mathbb{N}} $ of $ S $ by $$ \forall n \in \mathbb{N}: \quad S_{n} \stackrel{\text{df}}{=} \left\{ x \in S ~ \middle| ~ g(x) - f(x) > \frac{1}{n} \right\}. $$ Then $ \mu(S_{n}) > 0 $ for some $ n \in \mathbb{N} $, which implies that $$ \int_{S_{n}} (g - f) ~ \mathrm{d}{\mu} \in (0,\infty]. $$ However, we know that $ f,g \in {\mathcal{L}^{1}}(\Omega,\mathcal{A},\mu) $, so $$ \int_{S_{n}} g ~ \mathrm{d}{\mu} > \int_{S_{n}} f ~ \mathrm{d}{\mu}, $$ which contradicts your assumption for the choice $ A = S_{n} $.