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Maharam's problem

Functional Analysis 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We construct an exhaustive submeasure that is not equivalent to a measure. This solves problems of J. von Neumann (1937) and D. Maharam (1947).

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0601689,
  title  = {Maharam's problem},
  author = {Michel Talagrand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0601689},
  year   = {2007}
}