Paper 2, Section II, I

Probability and Measure
Part II, 2010

Show that any two probability measures which agree on a π\pi-system also agree on the σ\sigma-algebra generated by that π\pi-system.

State Fubini's theorem for non-negative measurable functions.

Let μ\mu denote Lebesgue measure on R2\mathbb{R}^{2}. Fix s[0,1)s \in[0,1). Set c=1s2c=\sqrt{1-s^{2}} and λ=c\lambda=\sqrt{c}. Consider the linear maps f,g,h:R2R2f, g, h: \mathbb{R}^{2} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{2} given by

f(x,y)=(λ1x,λy),g(x,y)=(x,sx+y),h(x,y)=(xsy,y)f(x, y)=\left(\lambda^{-1} x, \lambda y\right), \quad g(x, y)=(x, s x+y), \quad h(x, y)=(x-s y, y)

Show that μ=μf1\mu=\mu \circ f^{-1} and that μ=μg1\mu=\mu \circ g^{-1}. You must justify any assertion you make concerning the values taken by μ\mu.

Compute r=fhgfr=f \circ h \circ g \circ f. Deduce that μ\mu is invariant under rotations.