Measure theory 1.2.2: restore Exercise 1.2.13 to the text's statement - #630
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Exercise 1.2.13 in the text defines pointwise convergence of sets via
pointwise convergence of the indicator functions, and then asks:
(i) if the E_n are measurable and converge pointwise to E, show E is
measurable;
(ii) if additionally the E_n lie in a measurable F of finite measure,
show m(E_n) -> m(E);
(iii) give a counterexample when the E_n are not contained in a set of
finite measure.
Throughout, E is given and the convergence is pointwise everywhere, not
almost everywhere. #582 replaced this with an a.e. formulation and, in
doing so, moved E from a hypothesis into the goal, making (i) and (ii)
false: for E_n alternating between the empty set and the whole space
(resp. F), the indicators oscillate at every point, so no measurable E₀
has 1_{E_n} -> 1_{E₀} off a null set.
This restores the previous statements, which match the text.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Checked against An Introduction to Measure Theory, Exercise 1.2.13 (§1.2.2, p. 38):
So
Eis given, and the convergence is pointwise everywhere — not almost everywhere. The statements prior to #582 matched this exactly.#582 recast the hypothesis as a.e. convergence and, in the process, moved
E₀out of the hypotheses and into the goal as an existential. That makes (i) and (ii) false:Take
E n = if Even n then ∅ else univ(resp.F). Each is measurable, but1_{E_n}(x)oscillates0,1,0,1at everyx, so the non-convergence set is everything — andIsNullisLebesgue_outer_measure = 0. Hence noE₀whatsoever satisfies the conclusion.This restores the previous statements verbatim (the diff is byte-identical to the pre-#582 text, so it is known to build).
One remaining gap, not addressed here since it changes the difficulty of the exercise rather than fixing an error: part (iii) in the text also asks for the counterexample to have
m(E_n)uniformly bounded, which the Lean statement does not require. Happy to add that in a follow-up if you would like it —E n = Icc n (n+1)ind = 1satisfies it.