Carathéodory's Theorem (Measure Theory)

Theorem
Let $X$ be a set.

Let $\SS \subseteq \powerset X$ be a semi-ring of subsets of $X$.

Let $\mu: \SS \to \overline \R$ be a pre-measure on $\SS$.

Let $\map \sigma \SS$ be the $\sigma$-algebra generated by $\SS$.

Then $\mu$ extends to a measure $\mu^*$ on $\map \sigma \SS$.

Corollary
Suppose there exists an exhausting sequence $\sequence {S_n}_{n \mathop \in \N} \uparrow X$ in $\SS$ such that:


 * $\forall n \in \N: \map \mu {S_n} < +\infty$

Then the extension $\mu^*$ is unique.