-finite
A measure space is a finite measure space if ; it is -finite if the total space is the union of a finite or countable
family of sets of finite measure, i.e. if there exists a countable set such that for each , andIn this case we also say that is a -finite measure.If is not -finite, we say that it is -infinite
.
Examples. Any finite measure space is -finite. A more interesting example is the Lebesgue measure in : it is -finite but not finite. In fact
( is a cube with center at and side length , and its measure is ), but .