TITLE: Measurable sets whose sum is not measurable.
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: I'm looking for two measurable sets in $\Bbb{R}^2$ st their sum is not measurable.

I found the example , let $A\subset \Bbb{R}$ be a non-measurable set in $\Bbb{R}$ and consider the sets $A\times \{0\}$ and $\{0\}\times \mathbb R$, these both sets have measure zero in $\Bbb{R}^2$ but their sum $A\times \mathbb R$ is non measurable in $\Bbb{R}^2$. My question is why is $A\times \mathbb R$ non measurable in $\Bbb{R}^2$?

REPLY [2 votes]: Without loss of generality we can assume that $l_*(A)=0$ and $l^*(A)=a>0$, where  $l_*$ and  $l^*$ denote inner and outer  measures in $R$ produced by one-dimensional Lebesgue measure $l$ in $R$.  Notice that $(A \times \{0\})+(\{0\}\times R)=A \times R$. If we assume that $A \times R$ is measurable then the intersection $(A \times R) \times (R \times [0,1])=A\times [0,1]$ also will be  measurable. Now by using Fubini theorem it is obvious to check that $ (l\times l)_*(A\times[0,1])=0$ and   $(l\times l)^*(A\times[0,1]) \ge a $, where $ (l\times l)_*$ and $ (l\times l)^*$ denote inner and outer  measures in $R^2$ produced by two-dimensional Lebesgue measure $l\times l$ in $R^2$. The latter relation means that $A \times [0,1]$ is not   $l\times l$-measurable. This mens that our assumption that  $A \times R$ is measurable is false. This  ends the  proof of the fact  that  $A \times R$ is non-measurable.