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by waps
4818 days ago
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Why isn't the answer P = { Inf -> 1, otherwise 0 } ? Axiom 1:
P(E) elem N => P(E) >= 0, for all E Trivially satisfied Axiom 2:
P(Omega) = 1 Satisfied:
Omega = N
{ Inf } elem N Axiom 3:
Sigma additivity. Trivially satisfied since it either includes { Inf } or it doesn't, making the outcome 0 or 1. Where is the problem ? I think it's pretty clear that this is the only possible solution, because since N is not closed, there is no way to keep a uniform density other than 0. This does not seem like it's a very useful solution, but it does seem to satisfy the axioms. |
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For an analysis of this and some other interesting things, see the Dirac delta (psuedo-)function: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_delta_function