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Lebesgue Integration: Cantor Set

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MATH-205: Analysis IV - Lebesgue measure, Fourier analysis

Learn the basis of Lebesgue integration and Fourier analysis ...

Description

This lecture covers the construction of the Lebesgue function on the Cantor set, exploring the binary expansion and the uniqueness of the binary operation. It also delves into the properties of the function, such as strict increasing behavior and its characterization as points with only digits 0 and 2. The lecture concludes with a proof regarding the measurability of certain sets and the implications for the function's injectivity.

Instructor

Maria Colombo

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Roberto Colombo, Antonio Tirotta, Carl Johan Peter Johansson, Giulia Mescolini Past EPFL PhD Students Luigi De Rosa, Silja Noëmi Aline Haffter, Massimo Sorella Courses Analysis IV - Lebesgue measure, Fourier analysis MATH-205 Learn the basis of Lebesgue integration and Fourier analysis Topics on the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations MATH-647 This topics course focuses on recent and classical fundamental results on the Euler and Navier-Stokes equa

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Analysis: Measure theory

Mathematical logic: Set theory

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