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Fatou's Lemma

If a Sequence $\{f_n\}$ of Nonnegative measurable functions is defined on a measurable set $E$, then

\begin{displaymath}
\int\limits_E \mathop{\rm lim\ inf}_{n\to\infty} f_n\,d\mu
\leq \mathop{\rm lim\ inf}_{n\to\infty} \int\limits_E f_n\,d\mu.
\end{displaymath}


References

Zeidler, E. Applied Functional Analysis: Applications to Mathematical Physics. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995.




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