Let (X,F), (Y,G), (Z,H) and (V,V) be measurable spaces, and let F⊗G denote the product σ-algebra on the Cartesian product X×Y, with the analogous notation for other pairs. For S⊆X×Y and x∈X the section of S at x is Sx={y∈Y:(x,y)∈S}; for y∈Y the section of S at y is Sy={x∈X:(x,y)∈S}. Measurability of a map between measurable spaces is with respect to the named σ-algebras. Then:
1. (Sections of sets.) For every S∈F⊗G, every x∈X and every y∈Y, one has Sx∈G and Sy∈F.
2. (Insertion maps.) For every x∈X the map ιx:Y→X×Y, ιx(y)=(x,y), is measurable with respect to G and F⊗G; for every y∈Y the map ιy:X→X×Y, ιy(x)=(x,y), is measurable with respect to F and F⊗G.
3. (Sections of maps.) Let Ψ:X×Y→V be measurable with respect to F⊗G and V. Then for every x∈X the map y↦Ψ(x,y) is measurable with respect to G and V, and for every y∈Y the map x↦Ψ(x,y) is measurable with respect to F and V. The same holds for a map Θ:X×Y→[0,∞] satisfying {(x,y):Θ(x,y)>a}∈F⊗G for every real a (the measurability criterion of the integral of a nonnegative function), the sections y↦Θ(x,y) and x↦Θ(x,y) then satisfying the same criterion with respect to G, respectively F.
4. (Insertion into a triple product.) Identify X×Y×Z elementwise with (X×Y)×Z, equip it with (F⊗G)⊗H, and write Ψ(x,y,z) for Ψ((x,y),z). For every x∈X the map (y,z)↦((x,y),z) from Y×Z is measurable with respect to G⊗H and (F⊗G)⊗H; for every y∈Y the map (x,z)↦((x,y),z) from X×Z is measurable with respect to F⊗H and (F⊗G)⊗H; and for every z∈Z the map (x,y)↦((x,y),z) from X×Y is measurable with respect to F⊗G and (F⊗G)⊗H. Consequently, if Ψ:X×Y×Z→V is measurable with respect to (F⊗G)⊗H and V, then each of the maps (y,z)↦Ψ(x,y,z) (fixed x), (x,z)↦Ψ(x,y,z) (fixed y) and (x,y)↦Ψ(x,y,z) (fixed z) is measurable with respect to G⊗H, F⊗H, respectively F⊗G, and V.
5. (Coordinate projections and rearrangements.) The coordinate projections (x,y)↦x and (x,y)↦y on X×Y are measurable with respect to F⊗G and F, respectively G; the map (x,y)↦(y,x) from X×Y to Y×X is measurable with respect to F⊗G and G⊗F; and the map ((x,y),z)↦(z,x) from (X×Y)×Z to Z×X is measurable with respect to (F⊗G)⊗H and H⊗F.