Definition:Equiprobable Outcomes

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Definition

Let $\struct {\Omega, \Sigma, \Pr}$ be a finite probability space.

Let $\Omega = \set {\omega_1, \omega_1, \ldots, \omega_n}$.


Suppose that $\map \Pr {\omega_i} = \map \Pr {\omega_j}$ for all the $\omega_i, \omega_j \in \Omega$.


Then from Probability Measure on Equiprobable Outcomes:

$\forall \omega \in \Omega: \map \Pr \omega = \dfrac 1 n$
$\forall A \subseteq \Omega: \map \Pr A = \dfrac {\card A} n$


Such a probability space is said to have equiprobable outcomes, and is sometimes referred to as an equiprobability space.


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