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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford
/
2023
/
Prelims
/
Mathematics III
/
6
/
a
/
ii
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford
/
2023
/
Prelims
/
Mathematics III
/
6
/
a
/
iii
/
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2026-10-25
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The
integers
form
a
countable set
, and the
events
{
X
=
k
}
are disjoint. By
countable additivity
and part
ii
,
P
(
X
∈
Z
)
=
k
∈
Z
∑
P
(
X
=
k
)
=
0.
(1)
Countability is essential: one cannot use the same
sum
argument over an arbitrary uncountable collection of
zero-probability events
.
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