Events turn Boolean operations into operations on sets. For a die with sample space , let be the event “even outcome” and the event “outcome at least four”. At outcome , use the indicator functions and . Then
Thus logical conjunction becomes set intersection, logical disjunction becomes set union, exclusive or becomes symmetric difference, and logical negation becomes the complement of a set within . Outcome four satisfies both events, so inclusive logical disjunction includes it and exclusive or excludes it. If the die is fair, these four events have probabilities , , , and , respectively. No assumption of independent events is needed for the set identities; indeed and here are not independent, since .

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