Real Analysis – Measurable with Respect to Counting Measure

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$\Bbb N$ is the set of natural numbers. Let $(X, A, \mu) = (Y, B, \nu) =
(\Bbb N, M, c)$ be the measure space such that $M = 2^N$, and $c$ the
counting measure defined by setting $c(E)$ equal to the number of
points in $E$ if $E$ is finite and $\infty$ if $E$ is an infinite set.
Define $f\colon\Bbb N\times\Bbb N \to\Bbb R$ by setting
$$f(x, y) = f(n) = \begin{cases} 2-2^{-x}, & \mbox{if }x=y \\
-2+2^{-x}, & \text{if $x=y+1$} \\ 0, & \mbox{otherwise} \end{cases}$$

Show that $f$ is measurable with respect to the product measure $c\otimes c$. Also, show that $$\int_N [ \int_N f(m,n)dc(m)]dc(n) \ne \int_N [
\int_N f(m,n)dc(n)]dc(m).$$

Is this a contradiction either of Fubini’s or Tonelli’s Theorem?

Solution:

Then $\sum_{x=1}^\infty\sum_{y=1}^\infty f(x,y) = f(1,1) = 1.5$

but,

$$\sum_{y=1}^\infty\sum_{x=1}^\infty f(x,y) = \sum_{y=1}^\infty(2-2^{-y}) + (-2 + 2^{-y-1}) = \sum_{y=1}^\infty2^{-y-1}-2^{-y} = – \sum_{y=1}^\infty 2^{-y-1} = -0.5$$

So, $\ne$.

We cannot remove the hypothesis that $f$ be nonnegative from Tonelli's Theorem or that $f$ be integrable from Fubini's Theorem.

Is this sufficient for the last two? What about the first question?

Best Answer

Since $\Bbb N$ is countable and the only set for which $c\otimes c$ measure is $0$ is the emptyset, the $c\otimes c$ measurable sets of $\Bbb N\times \Bbb N$ are all the subsets, hence $f$ is measurable.

The measure $c$ is $\sigma$-finite, hence it show we cannot remove the assumption of non-negativeness or integrability.