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:<math>\mu_F^{*}(A) = \inf\left\{\sum_i \mu_F^{*}(\left(a, b\right]) \ : \  A\subset \bigcup_i \left(a, b\right] \right\}</math>
:<math>\mu_F^{*}(A) = \inf\left\{\sum_i \mu_F^{*}(\left(a, b\right]) \ : \  A\subset \bigcup_i \left(a, b\right] \right\}</math>


where <math> \mu_F^{*}(\left(a, b\right]) = F(b) - F(a) </math> and the infimum taken over all coverings of A by countably many semiopen intervals.
where <math> \mu_F^{*}(\left(a, b\right]) = F(b) - F(a) </math> and the infimum taken over all coverings of A by countably many semiopen intervals. By  Carathéodory's Theorem, we know that the measure arising from the outer measure <math>mu_F^{*}</math>

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Given nondecreasing and right contiuous, define an outer measure by

where and the infimum taken over all coverings of A by countably many semiopen intervals. By Carathéodory's Theorem, we know that the measure arising from the outer measure