Kolmogorov Axioms — Probability Measure

Statistics & Probability Source: Kolmogorov (1933) Cite
Primary: Andrey Kolmogorov
Publication: Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (1933)
Year: 1933
URL: Wikipedia

Probability space (Ω, ℱ, P): sample space Ω, σ-algebra ℱ of events, probability measure P. Kolmogorov's three axioms (1933) are the standard foundation. Arrows mean "depends on".

Source: Kolmogorov, Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (1933); Billingsley, Probability and Measure

Dependency Flowchart

graph TD D1["Def: Sample space Ω\nset of outcomes"] D2["Def: σ-algebra ℱ\nclosed under complements,\ncountable unions"] D3["Def: Event\nA ∈ ℱ"] A1["A1 Non-negativity\nP(A) ≥ 0"] A2["A2 Unit measure\nP(Ω) = 1"] A3["A3 σ-additivity\nP(∪Aⱼ)=ΣP(Aⱼ)\ndisjoint"] T1["Thm: P(∅) = 0"] T2["Thm: P(Aᶜ) = 1 − P(A)"] T3["Thm: P(A) ≤ 1"] T4["Thm: Finite additivity"] T5["Thm: Monotonicity\nA⊆B ⇒ P(A)≤P(B)"] D4["Def: Random variable\nX: Ω → ℝ measurable"] D5["Def: Independence\nP(A∩B)=P(A)P(B)"] D1 --> D2 D2 --> D3 D1 --> A2 D2 --> A1 D2 --> A3 A1 --> T1 A2 --> T1 A3 --> T2 A1 --> T3 A2 --> T3 A3 --> T4 T2 --> T5 T4 --> T5 A1 --> D4 A2 --> D4 A3 --> D4 D3 --> D5 A3 --> D5 classDef axiom fill:#ff6b6b,color:#fff classDef definition fill:#b197fc,color:#fff classDef theorem fill:#51cf66,color:#fff class A1,A2,A3 axiom class D1,D2,D3,D4,D5 definition class T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 theorem

Process Statistics

  • Nodes: 18
  • Edges: 22
  • Axioms: 3
  • Definitions: 5
  • Theorems: 5
Frontier: Extensions to finitely additive probability, non-Kolmogorov frameworks (e.g. quantum), imprecise probability. math.PR