Probability Distribution - Kolmogorov Definition

Kolmogorov Definition

In the measure-theoretic formalization of probability theory, a random variable is defined as a measurable function X from a probability space to measurable space . A probability distribution is the pushforward measure, P, satisfying X*P = PX −1 on .

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