Theorem 14.1.6 (Dynkin’s Uniqueness Theorem). Let $(X, \cm)$ be a measurable space, $\mathcal{P}\subset \cm$ be a $\pi$-syste, and $\mu, \nu: \cm \to [0, \infty]$ be measures. If

  1. $\sigma(\mathcal{P}) = \cm$.

  2. $\mu(E) = \nu(E)$ for all $E \in \mathcal{P}$.

  3. There exists $\seq{E_n}\subset \mathcal{P}$ such that $E_{n} \upto X$ and $\mu(E_{n}) < \infty$ for all $n \in \natp$.

then $\mu = \nu$.

Proof. Let $F \in \mathcal{P}$ with $\mu(F) < \infty$ and

\[\alg(F) = \bracs{E \in \cm|\mu(E \cap F) = \nu(E \cap F)}\]

then $\alg(F) \supset \mathcal{P}$ by (b), and

  1. For any $E, E' \in \alg(F)$ with $E \subset E'$ and $F \in \mathcal{P}$,

    \begin{align*}\mu((E' \setminus E) \cap F)&= \mu(E' \cap F) - \mu(E \cap F) \\&= \nu(E' \cap F) - \nu(E \cap F) = \nu((E' \setminus E) \cap F)\end{align*}
  2. For any $\seq{E_n}\subset \alg$ with $E_{n} \subset E_{n+1}$ for all $n \in \natp$ and $F \in \mathcal{P}$,

    \[\mu\paren{\bigcup_{n \in \nat}E_n \cap F}= \limv{n}\mu(E_{n} \cap F) = \limv{n}\nu(E_{n} \cap F) = \nu\paren{\bigcup_{n \in \nat}E_n \cap F}\]

    by continuity from below (Proposition 14.1.5).

so $\alg(F)$ is a $\lambda$-system. By (a) and Dynkin’s $\pi$-$\lambda$ theorem (Theorem 13.2.5), $\alg(F) = \cm$.

Let $\seq{E_n}$ as in assumption (c), then $\mu(E_{n} \cap F) = \mu(E_{n} \cap F)$ for all $n \in \natp$ and $F \in \cm$. Thus by continuity from below (Proposition 14.1.5),

\[\mu(F) = \limv{n}\mu(E_{n} \cap F) = \limv{n}\nu(E_{n} \cap F) = \nu(F)\]
$\square$