Lusin's separation theorem

In descriptive set theory and mathematical logic, Lusin's separation theorem states that if A and B are disjoint analytic subsets of Polish space, then there is a Borel set C in the space such that A ⊆ C and B ∩ C = ∅. It is named after Nikolai Luzin, who proved it in 1927.

This article is about the separation theorem. For the theorem on continuous functions, see Lusin's theorem.

The theorem can be generalized to show that for each sequence (An) of disjoint analytic sets there is a sequence (Bn) of disjoint Borel sets such that An ⊆ Bn for each n.

An immediate consequence is Suslin's theorem, which states that if a set and its complement are both analytic, then the set is Borel.

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