Definition:Negative Part of Signed Measure

Definition

Let $\struct {X, \Sigma}$ be a measurable space.

Let $\mu$ be a signed measure on $\struct {X, \Sigma}$.

Let $\tuple {\mu^+, \mu^-}$ be the Jordan decomposition of $\mu$.

We say that $\mu^-$ is the negative part of $\mu$.

Sources

• 2013: Donald L. Cohn: Measure Theory (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $4.1$