An event is any subset of the [[Sample space]]. Example: Given $$S = \{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$$ then $$A = \{2,4\}$$ is an event. Can be visualized with [[Venn diagram]]s. Events happen with a [[Probability]]. ## Special events Some special events are the empty event ($\phi$) and the [[Sample space]] itself ($S$). # Operations Just like there are normal operations (+, \*, ..) on numbers there exist operations on events. They work much like events on normal [[Set]]s. ## Intersection $$A \cap B$$ ## Union $$A \cup B$$ ## Complement $$A'$$ # Disjoint Two events are disjoint if they don't "overlap" in any way. # Independent Two events are independent if $P(A \cap B) = P(A) \cdot P(B)$. Intuition: $A$ does not affect $B$ and vice versa. $(A, B)$ independent $\Leftrightarrow$ $(A', B)$ independent. For example, given a fair dice roll and $$A = \{2\}, \ B = \{2, 3\}, \ C = S$$ then $A$ and $B$ are dependent but $A$ and $C$ are independent (since the outcome of $A$ doesn't affect the outcome of $C$ since $P(C) = 1$. In general, $A_1, ..., A_n$ are independent if...