Definition 16.5.4 (Space of Finite Measures). Let $(X, \cm)$ be a measurable space, $E$ be a normed vector space over $K \in \RC$, and $M(X, \cm; E)$ be the set of all finite $E$-valued vector measures on $(X, \cm)$. For each $\mu \in M(X, \cm; E)$, let $\norm{\mu}_{\text{var}}= |\mu|(X)$, then:

  1. $M(X, \cm; E)$ equipped with $\norm{\cdot}_{\text{var}}$ is a normed vector space over $K$.

  2. If $E$ is a Banach space, then so is $M(X, \cm; E)$.

Proof. (1): For any $\mu, \nu \in M(X, \cm; E)$ and $\seqf{A_j}\subset \cm$ such that $X = \bigsqcup_{j = 1}^{n} A_{j}$,

\[|\mu|(X) + |\nu|(X) \ge \sum_{j = 1}^{n} \norm{\mu(A_j)}_{E} + \norm{\nu(A_j)}_{E} \ge \sum_{j = 1}^{n} \norm{(\mu + \nu)(A_j)}_{E}\]

As this holds for all choices of $\seqf{A_j}$, $\norm{\mu + \nu}_{\text{var}}\le \norm{\mu}_{\text{var}}+ \norm{\nu}_{\text{var}}$.

(2): Let $\seq{\mu_n}\subset M(X, \cm; E)$ such that $\sum_{n \in \natp}\norm{\mu_n}_{\text{var}}< \infty$. For each $A \in \cm$, since $E$ is complete, let

\[\mu(A) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} \mu_{n}(A)\]

then for any $\seq{A_k}\subset \cm$ and $A \in \cm$ with $A = \bigsqcup_{k \in \natp}A_{k}$,

\[\mu(A) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} \mu_{n}(A) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} \sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} \mu_{n}(A_{k}) = \sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} \mu(A_{k})\]

by Fubini’s theorem.

$\square$