Re: Calculus XOR Probability

Virgil wrote:

There is nothing in probability theory that requires any sort of "continuity" in the discontinuous jump from choosing at random from a finite sample space to choosing at random from an infinite one.

I'm only flabbergasted that this is the official doctrine. And that no
mainstream mathematician feels any shame or hesitation to advertize it.

Han de Bruijn

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