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What does the infinity sign do at the top? Things are even more complicated with De Morgan's laws, which use the same expression: Two particularly useful properties are given by De …
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I can't find a proper summary or reference of how to translate formulas in probability notation to arithmetic notation (i.e. when using real values).
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Oct 3, 2017 · In the brackets of P, there is a symbol that looks like a big U. What does that symbol mean? Image taken from: Hogg, Robert V., et al. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics. …
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Apr 29, 2019 · I am reading a book on probability (Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes by A. Papoulis) and lets just say that notation is not its strong suit. Lately this …
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Jan 17, 2020 · Probability measure domain 0 Proof for: A fiunction f : R --> R is continous if and only if f^-1((a,b)) is a countable union of open intervals for every (a,b) subset of R
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What does the symbol described below mean? (looks like: sideway …
Apr 22, 2014 · Sea also Wikipedia's list of math symbols. The notation dates back to Peano according to Jeff Miller's Earliest Uses of Symbols of Set Theory and Logic: Giuseppe Peano …
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What does multiplication mean in probability theory?
Mar 31, 2014 · Example: if you flip a coin twice, the probability of heads both times is: $1/2 \times 1/2 =1/4.$ I don't understand why we multiply. I mean, I've memorized the operation by now, …
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Mar 1, 2017 · Like everyone else said, it's just notation for conditional probability. Here is the textbook that I used last semester in my probability class. Flip to page 141 and you can read …