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Lusin–Novikov — a Borel set with countable sections is a countable disjoint union of Borel graphs

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LusinNovikov.exists_disjoint_injOn_fst_iUnion_eq_of_countable_sections

by dbenbenn · Oct 3, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

descriptive-set-theorymeasure-theory

Let P⊆X×YP \subseteq X \times YP⊆X×Y be a Borel set whose every vertical section Px={y∣(x,y)∈P}P_x = \{y \mid (x, y) \in P\}Px​={y∣(x,y)∈P} is countable. Then PPP is the union of a sequence G0,G1,…G_0, G_1, \dotsG0​,G1​,… of pairwise disjoint Borel sets, each of which is a graph: if (x,y)(x, y)(x,y) and (x,y′)(x, y')(x,y′) both lie in GnG_nGn​, then y=y′y = y'y=y′ (the first projection is injective on GnG_nGn​).

Here XXX and YYY are standard Borel spaces (StandardBorelSpace), “Borel” means measurable for their σ-algebras, and X×YX \times YX×Y carries the product σ-algebra. "Countable" includes finite.

Kechris states the Lusin–Novikov theorem as Theorem 18.10 (p. 123): for a Borel P⊆X×YP \subseteq X \times YP⊆X×Y all of whose sections PxP_xPx​ are countable, PPP has a Borel uniformization, its projection is Borel, and PPP is a countable union of Borel graphs. This is the last of the three claims, with the graphs in addition pairwise disjoint. The proof here does not follow Kechris: it is Shinko's argument with σ-ideals (2024), which proves that a continuous map of Polish spaces with countable fibres is injective on each of countably many Borel sets covering its domain (LusinNovikov.exists_injOn_cover_of_countable_fibers), and applies it to the projection P→XP \to XP→X.

Preamble
import Mathlib
Formal statement
namespace LusinNovikov

theorem exists_disjoint_injOn_fst_iUnion_eq_of_countable_sections {X Y : Type*} [MeasurableSpace X] [StandardBorelSpace X]
    [MeasurableSpace Y] [StandardBorelSpace Y]
    {P : Set (X × Y)} (hP : MeasurableSet P) (hcount : ∀ x, {y | (x, y) ∈ P}.Countable) :
    ∃ G : ℕ → Set (X × Y), (∀ n, MeasurableSet (G n)) ∧ (∀ n, Set.InjOn Prod.fst (G n)) ∧
      Pairwise (Function.onFun Disjoint G) ∧ ⋃ n, G n = P := by
  sorry

end LusinNovikov
Source
Kechris, A. S., Classical Descriptive Set Theory, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 156, Springer, 1995, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4190-4, p. 123, Theorem 18.10 (Lusin–Novikov), second sentence; the proof follows Shinko, F., Lusin-Novikov via σ-ideals, unpublished note, 2024, formerly at https://math.berkeley.edu/~forte/notes/lusin_novikov.pdf, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250528233720/https://math.berkeley.edu/~forte/notes/lusin_novikov.pdf (no DOI)

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