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In probability theory, when dealing with continuous sample spaces / random variables, events with probability 0 still have a chance of occurring, and events wit
by stiff 9y ago
In probability theory, when dealing with continuous sample spaces / random variables, events with probability 0 still have a chance of occurring, and events with probability 1 stil l have a chance of NOT occurring, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely
This strange property comes from strange properties of the real numbers (and uncountably infinite sets) that give rise to things like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox
Measure theory deals with resolving this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics)
- ouid 9y agoWhat's an anagram for Banach Tarski? Banach Tarski Banach Tarski. Seriously though, you can do math without invoking the axiom of choice. The formulation of probability doesn't strictly depend on it.