Stieltjes measure

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A Stieltjes measure is a measure on the real line constructed from a nondecreasing, right-continuous function, providing the measure-theoretic foundation for the Riemann–Stieltjes and Lebesgue–Stieltjes integrals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Borel measure
Lebesgue–Stieltjes measure
measure
absolutelyContinuousPartHasDensity Radon–Nikodym derivative of F with respect to Lebesgue measure
associatedWith cumulative distribution function
distribution function
canBe finite measure
sigma-finite measure
canBeDecomposedInto absolutely continuous part
discrete part
singular continuous part
canHaveAtomsCorrespondingTo jump discontinuities of F
characterizedBy mu((a,b]) = F(b) - F(a)
mu([a,b)) = F(b-) - F(a-)
compatibleWith change-of-variables formulas in integration
constructedFrom nondecreasing function
right-continuous function
correspondsBijectivelyTo nondecreasing right-continuous functions modulo constants
definedOn real line
determines Lebesgue–Stieltjes integral with respect to F
domain Borel sigma-algebra on the real line
extends Riemann–Stieltjes integration to Lebesgue integration framework
generalizes Lebesgue measure on the real line
counting measure on discrete subsets of the real line
is complete if completed with respect to null sets
inner regular on open sets
outer regular on Borel sets
sigma-additive
isContinuousOnIntervalsWhere F is continuous
isExampleOf Radon measure on the real line
mayHavePropertyOfGeneratingFunction bounded variation
namedAfter Thomas Joannes Stieltjes NERFINISHED
providesFoundationFor Lebesgue–Stieltjes integral NERFINISHED
Riemann–Stieltjes integral NERFINISHED
requiresPropertyOfGeneratingFunction nondecreasing
right-continuous
specialCaseOf Borel measure induced by a monotone function
usedIn functional analysis
measure theory
probability theory
real analysis
spectral theory
usedToDefine distribution of a real-valued random variable
usedToModel cumulative mass distributions on the real line
cumulative probability distributions on the real line
valuesIn extended nonnegative reals
zeroOn intervals where F is constant

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