Proability|Axioms
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(These axioms are just the most elementary way to define probabilities. Other axiom schema are used with non-discrete points.)
Let U be a set of discrete points, e1,e2,e3..., called elementary events. We call this set, the universe or Sample Space.
Let every elementary event, e in U, have a non-negative weight, w(e), assigned to it.
Let composite events, Y1,Y2,Y3,... be represented by Subsets of U.
Define the probability of an event X (any subset of U), as the sum of the weights, w(e), for every elementary event contained in X divided by the sum of the weights of every element of U.
Dick Beldin
