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Comment by graycat

In 1933, A. Kolmogorov used H. Lebesgue's measure theory to define random variables. With that definition, could have a random variable X whose values are only prime numbers and such that for each prime number p and for probability measure P,

P(X = p > 0),

that is, the probability that X = p is positive.

So, with X, the prime numbers are random.

References:

With TeX markup, polished details on measure theory are in

H.\ L.\ Royden, {\it Real Analysis: Second Edition,\/} Macmillan, New York, 1971.\ \

Walter Rudin, {\it Real and Complex Analysis,\/} ISBN 07-054232-5, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1966.\ \

and polished details on probability theory based on measure theory are in

Leo Breiman, {\it Probability,\/} ISBN 0-89871-296-3, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1992.\ \

Jacques Neveu, {\it Mathematical Foundations of the Calculus of Probability,\/} Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1965.\ \

parent graycat 1 year ago

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