Measures on Groups #
We develop some properties of measures on (topological) groups
- We define properties on measures: left and right invariant measures.
- We define the measure
μ.inv : A ↦ μ(A⁻¹)
and show that it is right invariant iffμ
is left invariant.
A measure μ
on a topological group is left invariant
if the measure of left translations of a set are equal to the measure of the set itself.
To left translate sets we use preimage under left multiplication,
since preimages are nicer to work with than images.
Equations
- measure_theory.is_mul_left_invariant μ = ∀ (g : G) {A : set G}, measurable_set A → μ ((λ (h : G), g * h) ⁻¹' A) = μ A
A measure on a topological group is left invariant if the measure of left translations of a set are equal to the measure of the set itself. To left translate sets we use preimage under left addition, since preimages are nicer to work with than images.
A measure on a topological group is right invariant if the measure of right translations of a set are equal to the measure of the set itself. To right translate sets we use preimage under right addition, since preimages are nicer to work with than images.
A measure μ
on a topological group is right invariant
if the measure of right translations of a set are equal to the measure of the set itself.
To right translate sets we use preimage under right multiplication,
since preimages are nicer to work with than images.
Equations
- measure_theory.is_mul_right_invariant μ = ∀ (g : G) {A : set G}, measurable_set A → μ ((λ (h : G), h * g) ⁻¹' A) = μ A
The measure A ↦ μ (A⁻¹)
, where A⁻¹
is the pointwise inverse of A
.
Equations
The measure A ↦ μ (- A)
, where - A
is the pointwise negation of A
.
Properties of regular left invariant measures
For nonzero regular left invariant measures, the integral of a continuous nonnegative function
f
is 0 iff f
is 0.
Translating a function by left-multiplication does not change its lintegral
with respect to
a left-invariant measure.
Translating a function by right-multiplication does not change its lintegral
with respect to
a right-invariant measure.