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Mathematics · Ch 11 — Probability Distributions

The definition of continuous random variable

11.4.1

The definition of continuous random variable

Definition 11.5 (Continuous random variable). Let SS be a sample space and X:S→RX:S\to\mathbb R a random variable taking any value in a set I⊆RI\subseteq\mathbb R. Then XX is a continuous random variable if P(X=x)=0P(X=x)=0 for every x∈Ix\in I. …