thesaurus.maths.org

alphabetical | galleries | topics | For Quick Reference: drag this m-button to your links toolbar

Measure   (English)

Definition (undergraduate level)

A measure is a property of certain sets. For a collection of subsets Ai, a measure m is a function m : { Ai } → R+ ∪{ + ∞} , with the following properties:
m ( ∅) = 0 ;
If all of { Ain } are disjoint, then m ( ∪n Ain ) = ∑n m ( Ain ) .
Both measurable and non-measurable sets exist.

Funded by: EU Socrates Minerva, HeyMath!, Cambridge University Press
Copyright: 2001-2004 University of Cambridge and Partners