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The set of all [[Elementary events|elementary events]] related to some experiment, where any non-decomposable experimental result is represented by one and only one point of the sampling space (a sample point). The sampling space is an abstract set, with a probability measure defined on the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/s/s083/s083220/s0832201.png" />-algebra of its subsets (cf. [[Probability space|Probability space]]). The term  "space of elementary eventsspace of elementary events"  is frequently used in the Russian literature.
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The set of all [[Elementary events|elementary events]] related to some experiment, where any non-decomposable experimental result is represented by one and only one point of the sample space (a sample point). The sample space is an abstract set, with a probability measure defined on the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/s/s083/s083220/s0832201.png" />-algebra of its subsets (cf. [[Probability space|Probability space]]). The term  "space of elementary events"  is frequently used in the Russian literature.
  
  

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The set of all elementary events related to some experiment, where any non-decomposable experimental result is represented by one and only one point of the sample space (a sample point). The sample space is an abstract set, with a probability measure defined on the -algebra of its subsets (cf. Probability space). The term "space of elementary events" is frequently used in the Russian literature.


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[a1] W. Feller, "An introduction to probability theory and its applications" , 1 , Wiley (1957) pp. Chapt. 1
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Sample space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Sample_space&oldid=20907
This article was adapted from an original article by A.V. Prokhorov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article