In mathematics, the Kuratowski–Ryll-Nardzewski measurable selection theorem is a result from
measure theory that gives a sufficient condition for a
set-valued function to have a measurable
selection function. It is named after the Polish mathematicians
Kazimierz Kuratowski
Kazimierz Kuratowski (; 2 February 1896 – 18 June 1980) was a Polish mathematician and logician. He was one of the leading representatives of the Warsaw School of Mathematics.
Biography and studies
Kazimierz Kuratowski was born in Warsaw, ...
and
Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski
Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski (; 7 October 1926 – 18 September 2015) was a Polish mathematician.
Born in Wilno, Second Polish Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania), he was a student of Hugo Steinhaus. At the age of 26 he became professor at Warsaw Uni ...
.
Many classical selection results follow from this theorem and it is widely used in
mathematical economics
Mathematical economics is the application of mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics. Often, these applied methods are beyond simple geometry, and may include differential and integral calculus, difference a ...
and
optimal control.
Statement of the theorem
Let
be a
Polish space
In the mathematical discipline of general topology, a Polish space is a separable completely metrizable topological space; that is, a space homeomorphic to a complete metric space that has a countable dense subset. Polish spaces are so named ...
,
the
Borel σ-algebra of
,
a
measurable space
In mathematics, a measurable space or Borel space is a basic object in measure theory. It consists of a set and a σ-algebra, which defines the subsets that will be measured.
Definition
Consider a set X and a σ-algebra \mathcal A on X. Then ...
and
a multifunction on
taking values in the set of nonempty closed subsets of
.
Suppose that
is
-weakly measurable, that is, for every open subset
of
, we have
:
Then
has a
selection
Selection may refer to:
Science
* Selection (biology), also called natural selection, selection in evolution
** Sex selection, in genetics
** Mate selection, in mating
** Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
** Human mating strat ...
that is
-
-measurable.
[V. I. Bogachev]
"Measure Theory"
Volume II, page 36.
See also
*
Selection theorem
References
Descriptive set theory
Theorems in functional analysis
Theorems in measure theory
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