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Garrido, Theorems 2.6 and 2.7 — subrings of a boolean algebra, measures on them, and the Invariant Extension Theorem

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Garrido_BooleanExtension

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

amenabilitygroup-theorymeasure-theory

Definitions for stating Garrido's Theorems 2.6 and 2.7 (p. 7) at the generality printed: for an arbitrary boolean algebra, not only the algebra of all subsets of a set. Garrido writes on p. 7: “Theorem 2.6 (Invariant Extension Theorem). Recall Carathéodory’s Extension Theorem: If R\mathcal RR is a subring of the boolean algebra A\mathcal AA and μ\muμ is a measure on R\mathcal RR, then μ\muμ can be extended to a measure μˉ\bar\muμˉ​ on A\mathcal AA. If GGG is an amenable group of automorphisms of A\mathcal AA and R\mathcal RR, μ\muμ are GGG-invariant, then μˉ\bar\muμˉ​ can be chosen to be GGG-invariant.”

  • IsBooleanSubring R: R contains ⊥ and is closed under ⊔ and \. The notes do not define “subring of the boolean algebra”; this is the sense in which Carathéodory's theorem is stated for rings of sets (closed under unions and differences, hence also under meets). It includes the subrings that contain ⊤, so the theorems stated with it are at their strongest.
  • IsFinitelyAdditiveOn R μ: μ : A → [0, ∞] with μ ⊥ = 0 and μ (a ⊔ b) = μ a + μ b for disjoint a, b ∈ R. A “measure” in the notes is finitely additive with values in [0,∞][0, \infty][0,∞] (§1); the values of μ outside R play no role. A measure on the whole algebra is IsFinitelyAdditiveOn Set.univ.
  • SatisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem G: “GGG satisfies the Invariant Extension Theorem” (Theorem 2.7, item 4), the conclusion of Theorem 2.6 for GGG. For every boolean algebra A, every action ρ : G →* (A ≃o A) of GGG by automorphisms (an order automorphism of a boolean algebra preserves ⊔, ⊓, ⊥, ⊤ and complements), every subring R with ρ g r ∈ R for r ∈ R, and every finitely additive μ on R with μ (ρ g r) = μ r, there is a finitely additive μbar on all of A that agrees with μ on R and satisfies μbar (ρ g a) = μbar a for all g and a. The notes speak of “a group of automorphisms of A\mathcal AA”; an action contains that case (the inclusion of the group) and asks no more, since the image of an amenable group under a homomorphism is amenable. The algebras range over Type (max u v) for G : Type u, as in Garrido.HasInvariantExtensionProperty, so that the algebra of all subsets of GGG is among them.

Garrido.HasInvariantExtensionProperty (the Garrido amenability definitions) is the special case of all subsets of a GGG-set, with an extension of μ\muμ to all subsets supplied as a hypothesis; SatisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem is the property as the notes state it.

Definition code
import Mathlib

open scoped ENNReal

namespace Garrido

universe u v

/-- A subring of a boolean algebra (Garrido, p. 7, Theorem 2.6): contains `⊥` and is closed under
`⊔` and `\`. -/
def IsBooleanSubring {A : Type*} [BooleanAlgebra A] (R : Set A) : Prop :=
  ⊥ ∈ R ∧ ∀ a ∈ R, ∀ b ∈ R, a ⊔ b ∈ R ∧ a \ b ∈ R

/-- A finitely additive measure on `R` (Garrido, p. 7, Theorem 2.6): values in `[0, ∞]`, `⊥` has
measure `0`, and the measures of two disjoint elements of `R` add. -/
def IsFinitelyAdditiveOn {A : Type*} [BooleanAlgebra A] (R : Set A) (μ : A → ℝ≥0∞) : Prop :=
  μ ⊥ = 0 ∧ ∀ a ∈ R, ∀ b ∈ R, Disjoint a b → μ (a ⊔ b) = μ a + μ b

/-- `G` satisfies the Invariant Extension Theorem (Garrido, p. 7, Theorems 2.6 and 2.7): for every
action of `G` on a boolean algebra by automorphisms, every finitely additive measure on a
`G`-invariant subring that is `G`-invariant extends to a `G`-invariant finitely additive measure on
the whole algebra. -/
def SatisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem (G : Type u) [Group G] : Prop :=
  ∀ (A : Type (max u v)) [BooleanAlgebra A] (ρ : G →* (A ≃o A)) (R : Set A),
    IsBooleanSubring R → (∀ (g : G), ∀ r ∈ R, ρ g r ∈ R) →
    ∀ μ : A → ℝ≥0∞, IsFinitelyAdditiveOn R μ → (∀ (g : G), ∀ r ∈ R, μ (ρ g r) = μ r) →
    ∃ μbar : A → ℝ≥0∞, IsFinitelyAdditiveOn Set.univ μbar ∧ (∀ r ∈ R, μbar r = μ r) ∧
      ∀ (g : G) (a : A), μbar (ρ g a) = μbar a

end Garrido
Source
A. Garrido, "An introduction to amenable groups", lecture notes, Oxford Advanced Class in Algebra, Michaelmas 2013 (PDF, Feb 2015), p. 7, Theorems 2.6 and 2.7; https://web.archive.org/web/20260805000803/https://www.math.uni-duesseldorf.de/~garrido/amenable.pdf

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