Let A be a subset of R^n with Lebesgue measure m(A) < oo. Let x + A be the translation of A by the vector x of R^n and define f:R--> [0, oo) by f(x) = m( A intersect (x + A)). Show that f is continuous.
My idea was to prove this first to nice sets like cells and then approximate A by a sequence of such nice sets. I tried to obtain a sequence of continuous functions converging uniformly to f, which would establish its continuity. But I got mixed up.
Is this aproach good? Can anyone help, maybe suggesting a different approach.
Thank you
2007-12-13
23:36:42
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Steiner
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Correcting a typo: On the definition of f, it is f^R^n --> [0,oo), of course
2007-12-14
00:20:14 ·
update #1