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{\bf Question}

Show that any simple function is measurable.


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{\bf Answer}

Let $\ds f=\sum_{i=1}^n c_iX_{Ei}$

Then $\ds \{x|f(x)\geq k\}= \bigcup_{c_i\geq k}Ei$ which is
measurable.


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