Chi-wai Leung - Böcker

This volume provides a rigorous yet accessible intermediate-level introduction to modern measure theory, with a central focus on Radon measures on general Hausdorff topological spaces. Bridging the gap between elementary texts and highly advanced monographs, this self-contained book equips graduate students and beginning researchers with the conceptual and technical tools needed to explore the interplay between topology, analysis, and measure theory.The text offers a comprehensive synthesis of diverse definitions and applications of Radon measures, establishing clear connections among different notions of Radon measures found in the literature, particularly in non-locally compact settings where equivalences are rarely documented. Beginning with measures on semirings, the book develops abstract measure-theoretic foundations and progresses to advanced frameworks, including Maharam measures, locally determined measures, and decomposable measures, culminating in generalized Radon-Nikodym and Riesz-Markov type theorems.Additional highlights include treatments of product measures, invariant Radon measures under group actions, and extensions of classical results such as Fubini's theorem. By integrating these elements, the book bridges theoretical gaps, clarifies ambiguities in existing literature, and provides practical tools for research in functional analysis, probability, mathematical economics, and related fields. Tested in graduate courses, it serves both as a pedagogical text and a reference for experts seeking a unified, measure-theoretic perspective on topological spaces.