Lemma 14.10.2. Let $\seq{X_n}$ be topological spaces where for each $n \in \natp$,

  1. Every finite measure on $\prod_{j = 1}^{n} X_{j}$ is regularA potential sufficient condition for this is that each $X_{n}$ is LCH where every open set is $\sigma$-compact. However, I have yet to verify if this condition persists over products..

  2. $X_{n}$ is Hausdorff.

  3. $X_{n}$ is separable.

Let $\bracs{\mu_{I}| I \subset \natp \text{ finite}}$ be consistent Borel probability measures, then for any $\seq{B_n}$ where:

  1. For each $n \in \nat$, $B_{n} \in \cb_{\prod_{j = 1}^n X_j}$.

  2. For each $n \in \nat$, $B_{n+1}\subset B_{n} \times X_{n+1}$.

  3. There exists $\eps > 0$ such that $\mu_{[n]}(B_{n}) > \eps$ for all $n \in \natp$.

Then there exists $\seq{K_n}$ such that for every $n \in \natp$,

  1. $K_{n} \subset \prod_{j = 1}^{n} X_{j}$ is compact.

  2. $K_{n} \subset B_{n}$.

  3. $K_{n+1}\subset K_{n} \times X_{n+1}$.

  4. $\mu(K_{n}) \ge \eps/2$.

Proof. Let $n \in \natp$. By (c), $\mu_{[n]}$ is a Borel probability measure. Thus $\mu_{[n]}$ is regular by (a). Thus there exists $C_{n} \subset \prod_{j = 1}^{n} X_{j}$ compact such that $C_{n} \subset B_{n}$ and $\mu_{[n]}(B_{n} \setminus C_{n}) < \eps/2^{n+1}$. Let

\[K_{n} = \bigcap_{j = 1}^{n} \pi_{[n], [j]}^{-1}(C_{n})\]

Since each $X_{j}$ is Hausdorff, $K_{n} \subset \prod_{j = 1}^{n} X_{j}$ is compact with $K_{n} \subset B_{n}$ and $K_{n+1}\subset K_{n} \times X_{n+1}$. Moreover,

\[\mu_{[n]}(B_{n} \setminus K_{n}) \le \sum_{j = 1}^{n}\mu_{[n]}\braks{\pi_{[n], [j]}^{-1}(B_j \setminus C_j)}\le \sum_{j = 1}^{n}\mu_{[j]}(B_{j} \setminus C_{j}) \le \eps/2\]

Thus $\mu_{[n]}(K_{n}) \ge \eps/2$.$\square$