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Proof

Throughout, d(x,0)=∥x∥d(x,0)=\lVert x\rVert for x∈Rnx\in\mathbb{R}^n, by claim 2 of Elementary Properties of the Euclidean Norm on Rn\mathbb{R}^n together with x−0=xx-0=x in the real vector space Rn\mathbb{R}^n.

By claim 2 of Compact Support on Rn\mathbb{R}^n Means Vanishing Outside a Bounded Set there is a real number R>0R>0 with g(x)=0g(x)=0 for every xx with ∥x∥>R\lVert x\rVert>R; fix any such RR and let

Bˉ={x∈Rn:d(x,0)≤R}\bar B=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^n: d(x,0)\le R\}

be the closed ball of centre 00 and radius RR. It contains 00, so it is nonempty; it is compact by A Closed Euclidean Ball is Convex and Compact; and by claim 3 of Balls Have Positive Lebesgue Measure and Bounded Sets Have Finite Lebesgue Measure it is a Borel set with λn(Bˉ)<∞\lambda_n(\bar B)<\infty.

Claim 1. The restriction of gg to Bˉ\bar B is continuous on Bˉ\bar B by Restriction of a Continuous Map, and Continuous Images of Compact Subsets, so by Extreme Value Theorem on a Compact Subset of a Metric Space it attains a largest value M1M_1 and a smallest value m1m_1 on the nonempty compact set Bˉ\bar B. Put M=max⁡{∣M1∣,∣m1∣}M=\max\{|M_1|,|m_1|\}, a real number with M≥0M\ge0. For x∈Bˉx\in\bar B we have m1≤g(x)≤M1m_1\le g(x)\le M_1, and −M≤−∣m1∣≤m1-M\le-|m_1|\le m_1 as well as M1≤∣M1∣≤MM_1\le|M_1|\le M, so −M≤g(x)≤M-M\le g(x)\le M and hence ∣g(x)∣≤M|g(x)|\le M by Absolute Value in an Ordered Field. For x∉Bˉx\notin\bar B we have ∥x∥=d(x,0)>R\lVert x\rVert=d(x,0)>R, so g(x)=0g(x)=0 and ∣g(x)∣=0≤M|g(x)|=0\le M. Hence MM is a bound for gg, which is claim 1.

Claim 2. Since gg is continuous from (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d) to (R,d)(\mathbb{R},d), claim 3(a) of The Borel Sigma-Algebra of a Euclidean Space as a Product, and Measurability of Projections, Sequentially Continuous Maps, and Open and Closed Sets shows that gg is measurable with respect to B(Rn)\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n) and the Borel σ\sigma-algebra of the real line. By Integrable Function and the Lebesgue Integral the positive and negative parts g+g^{+} and g−g^{-} are measurable and ∣g∣=g++g−|g|=g^{+}+g^{-}, so ∣g∣|g| is measurable by claim 1 of Linearity and Monotonicity of the Lebesgue Integral.

Let MM be a bound for gg, as provided by claim 1, and let R>0R>0 be as above. Then

∣g(x)∣≤M 1Bˉ(x)(x∈Rn),|g(x)|\le M\,\mathbf{1}_{\bar B}(x)\qquad(x\in\mathbb{R}^n),

with the indicator function of Bˉ\bar B: for x∈Bˉx\in\bar B this is claim 1, and for x∉Bˉx\notin\bar B both sides are 00 because ∥x∥>R\lVert x\rVert>R. The function 1Bˉ\mathbf{1}_{\bar B} is measurable and ∫Rn1Bˉ dλn=λn(Bˉ)\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}\mathbf{1}_{\bar B}\,d\lambda_n=\lambda_n(\bar B) by The Integral of an Indicator Function is the Measure of the Set, so claim 1 of Linearity and Monotonicity of the Lebesgue Integral, applied first to the constant M∈[0,∞)M\in[0,\infty) and then to the pointwise inequality above, gives

∫Rn∣g∣ dλn≤∫RnM 1Bˉ dλn=M λn(Bˉ).\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|g|\,d\lambda_n\le\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}M\,\mathbf{1}_{\bar B}\,d\lambda_n=M\,\lambda_n(\bar B).

The right-hand side is a product of two real numbers, hence real and in particular smaller than ∞\infty. By the criterion recorded in Integrable Function and the Lebesgue Integral, gg is integrable with respect to λn\lambda_n.

Claim 3. Assume g≥0g\ge0 everywhere and g(x1)>0g(x_1)>0. Since g−=0g^{-}=0 and g+=gg^{+}=g in this case, the integral of Integrable Function and the Lebesgue Integral coincides with the integral of the nonnegative function gg in the sense of Lebesgue Integral of a Nonnegative Measurable Function, and it is finite by claim 2.

Put c=g(x1) 2−1c=g(x_1)\,2^{-1}, a real number with 0<c<g(x1)0<c<g(x_1). By Semicontinuity Under Negation and Characterization of Continuity the continuous function gg is lower semicontinuous on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, so by claim 2 of Semicontinuity via Sublevel and Superlevel Sets the set {x∈Rn:c<g(x)}\{x\in\mathbb{R}^n: c<g(x)\} is open in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d). It contains x1x_1, so by Open Subset of a Metric Space there is a real number ρ>0\rho>0 such that the open ball B(x1,ρ)B(x_1,\rho) is contained in it.

Consequently g(x)≥c 1B(x1,ρ)(x)g(x)\ge c\,\mathbf{1}_{B(x_1,\rho)}(x) for every xx: on B(x1,ρ)B(x_1,\rho) we have g(x)>cg(x)>c, and elsewhere the right-hand side is 0≤g(x)0\le g(x). The ball is a Borel set of positive measure by claim 1 of Balls Have Positive Lebesgue Measure and Bounded Sets Have Finite Lebesgue Measure, so claim 1 of Linearity and Monotonicity of the Lebesgue Integral and The Integral of an Indicator Function is the Measure of the Set give

∫Rng dλn≥c λn(B(x1,ρ))>0,\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}g\,d\lambda_n\ge c\,\lambda_n\bigl(B(x_1,\rho)\bigr)>0,

the final inequality because cc is a positive real number and λn(B(x1,ρ))\lambda_n(B(x_1,\rho)) is a positive element of [0,∞][0,\infty], so their product is positive under the conventions of Measure, Measure Space, and Probability Measure.

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