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In mathematics, the counting measure is an intuitive way to put a measure on any set: the "size" of a subset is taken to be the number of elements in the subset, if the subset has finitely many elements, and ∞ if the subset is infinite. The counting measure can be defined on any measurable set, but is mostly used on countable sets.〔 In formal notation, we can make any set ''X'' into a measurable space by taking the sigma-algebra of measurable subsets to consist of all subsets of . Then the counting measure on this measurable space is the positive measure defined by : for all , where denotes the cardinality of the set .〔Schilling (2005), p.27〕 The counting measure on is σ-finite if and only if the space is countable.〔Hansen (2009) p.47〕 ==Discussion== The counting measure is a special case of a more general construct. With the notation as above, any function defines a measure on via : where the possibly uncountable sum of real numbers is defined to be the sup of the sums over all finite subsets, i.e., : Taking ''f(x)=1'' for all ''x'' in ''X'' produces the counting measure. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「counting measure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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