Re: probability question

2001-12-04 Thread Franck Corset
Il s'agit d'un message multivolet au format MIME. --982FBF2E2FA5C1B960626D56 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, This assertion is true Franck Matt Dobrin a écrit : Does P(A*B|C)=P(A|C)*P(B|A*C)? If not, what does it equal? Thanks in

Re: probability question

2001-12-04 Thread Franck Corset
Il s'agit d'un message multivolet au format MIME. --F4F503AE2A9C358CB6A37D62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, This assertion is true Franck Matt Dobrin a écrit : Does P(A*B|C)=P(A|C)*P(B|A*C)? If not, what does it equal? Thanks in

Re: probability question

2001-12-04 Thread Nathaniel
It's true. If you are concerned with proof, following the this belove according to conditional probability p(a|b)=p(a,b)/p(b) (1) P(A,B|C)=P(A,B,C)/P(C) (2) P(A,B,C)=P(A,C)*P(B|A,C) (3) P(A,C)=P(C)*P(A|C) WITH (2) AND (3) WE GET (4) P(A,B,C)=P(C)*P(A|C)*P(B|A,C) TAKING (1) AND (4) WE GET

Re: probability question

1999-12-06 Thread Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : : On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Yonah Russ wrote: : : : : how do you solve a problem like this one? : : thanks in advance : : --- : : X is a chance variable such that X(omega)={1,2,3...,n} : : and for every i in {1,2,3...n}, 4P(X=i+2)=5P(X=i+1)-P(X=i) :

Re: probability question

1999-12-05 Thread Michael Cohen
Donald F. Burrill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Haven't seen a public response to this question that I find credible, : and am curious. Is the problem as described solvable? : If n is finite, what meaning attaches to "P(X=n+2)" and "P(X=n+1)"? : If n is infinite, shouldn't the