Mathematical Background
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Mathmatics Background
Probability theory is based on the mathematics of
sets. A set can be used to define a “Sample Space” which enumerates the possible outcomes of an
“experiment”. Probability can be defined as the ratio of the number of
positive outcomes to the number of
all possible outcomes in an
experiment.
We will now review some set theory to have some tools we can use in this course.
Later in the course we
will also need to review Sums, Calculus,
Integral Transforms, and some Linear Algebra.