Characteristic Function of Limit Inferior of Sequence of Sets

Theorem
Let $\left({E_n}\right)_{n \in \N}$ be a sequence of sets.

Let $E := \displaystyle \liminf_{n \to \infty} \, E_n$ be the limit inferior of the $E_n$.

Then:


 * $\displaystyle \chi_E = \liminf_{n \to \infty} \, \chi_{E_n}$

where:


 * $\chi$ denotes characteristic function
 * $\displaystyle \liminf_{n \to \infty} \, \chi_{E_n}$ is the pointwise limit inferior of the $\chi_{E_n}$