New conditions for independence of events

Juncheng Hou; Saralees Nadarajah

doi:10.1080/0020739X.2018.1478133

New conditions for independence of events

Juncheng Hou, Saralees Nadarajah

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It is well known that two events A and B are independent if and only if P(AB)=P(A)P(B). Here, we derive a condition for independence not well known. We then extend the condition for independence of n events.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	322-324
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
Volume	50
Issue number	2
Early online date	21 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2018.1478133
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2019

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62E
Complement
generalization
intersection

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