Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 205 4 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The graph has edges , , , , , , and . Any D-separating set for 1 and 6 must contain 4 because of the directed path . Conditioning on 4 activates the collider and, through its descendant, the collider . The remaining route through is open exactly when 5 is conditioned on and 3 is not. Hence all separating sets, among the nonendpoint vertices, are