Details of MA3208 (Spring 2023)

Level: 3 Type: Theory Credits: 4.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
MA3208 Measures and Integrals Shirshendu Chowdhury

Syllabus
Introduction: Drawbacks of Riemann integration, measurement of length introductory
remarks.
Abstract Measures: Algebra, alpha-algebra and Borel alpha-algebra, outer measure, measure,
Caratheodory extension Theorem and construction of Lebesgue measure on R
n as an application, measure space, measurable set and measurable function.
Integration Theory: Definition and properties of Lebesgue integral, basic convergence
theorems monotone convergence theorem, Fatous lemma and dominated convergence theorem.

Borel Measure: Regularity properties of Borel measure, Radon measure, Caratheodorys
criterion; Continuity properties of measurable functions Lusins and Egoroffs theorems.
L
p Spaces: Fundamental inequalities - Holders inequality, Jensens inequality and
Minkowskis inequality, definition of L
p
spaces, completeness, approximation by continuous functions.
Product Measure: Measurability in product spaces, product measures, Fubini and FubiniTonelli theorems, polar coordinates and change of variable theorem.

References
Suggested Texts:
1. De Barra, G., Measure Theory and Integration, New Age International Publishers.
2. Evans, L.C. and Gariepy, R.F., Measure Theory and Fine Properties of Functions,
CRC Press.
3. Folland, G.B., Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications (2nd Edition), Wiley-Interscience.
4. Kantorovitz, S., Introduction to Modern Analysis, Oxford University Press.
5. Rana, I.K., An Introduction to Measure and Integration, Narosa Publishers.
6. Royden, H.L., Real Analysis, Prentice-Hall.
7. Rudin, W., Real and Complex Analysis, McGraw-Hill.

Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 2 Not Allowed
2 IP 4 Not Allowed
3 IP 6 Not Allowed
4 MP 2 Not Allowed
5 MP 4 Not Allowed
6 MR 2 Not Allowed
7 MR 4 Not Allowed
8 MS 10 Not Allowed
9 MS 4 Not Allowed
10 MS 6 Not Allowed
11 MS 8 Not Allowed
12 RS 1 Not Allowed
13 RS 2 Not Allowed