Definition:Event/Occurrence/Impossibility
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Definition
Let the probability space of an experiment $\EE$ be $\struct {\Omega, \Sigma, \Pr}$.
Let $A \in \Sigma$ be an event of $\EE$ whose probability of occurring is equal to $0$.
Then $A$ is described as impossible.
That is, it is an impossibility for $A$ to occur.
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Sources
- 1968: A.A. Sveshnikov: Problems in Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics and Theory of Random Functions (translated by Richard A. Silverman) ... (previous) ... (next): $\text I$: Random Events: $1$. Relations among Random Events