Baire measure

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In mathematics, a Baire measure is a measure on the σ-algebra of Baire sets of a topological space whose value on every compact Baire set is finite. In compact metric spaces the Borel sets and the Baire sets are the same, so Baire measures are the same as Borel measures that are finite on compact sets. In general Baire sets and Borel sets need not be the same. In this context, Baire measures are used because they connect to the properties of continuous functions more directly.

There are several inequivalent definitions of Baire sets, so correspondingly there are several inequivalent concepts of Baire measure on a topological space. These all coincide on spaces that are locally compact σ-compact Hausdorff spaces.

In practice Baire measures can be replaced by regular Borel measures. The relation between Baire measures and regular Borel measures is as follows:

The restriction of a finite Borel measure to the Baire sets is a Baire measure.
A finite Baire measure on a compact space is always regular.
A finite Baire measure on a compact space is the restriction of a unique regular Borel measure.
On compact (or σ-compact) metric spaces, Borel sets are the same as Baire sets and Borel measures are the same as Baire measures.

Examples

Counting measure on the unit interval is a measure on the Baire sets that is not regular (or σ-finite).

References

Leonard Gillman and Meyer Jerison, Rings of Continuous Functions, Springer Verlag #43, 1960

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