event

Japanese: event
event

... A mathematical term. When trying to associate probability with each possible occurrence in a random phenomenon, the subject of the study is an event. Mathematically, it is described as follows. For example, when throwing a dice, each number that comes up is considered to be the result of various coincidences, and these coincidences are represented by the parameter ω. The number 1 is considered to be the result governed by ω 1 , the number 2 by ω 2 , ..., and the number 6 by ω 6. These ω are called elementary events, and a set of elementary events is called an event. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "event" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…数学用語。偶然現象において,起こりうるそれぞれの可能性に対して確率を対応させようとするとき,その対象となる事柄が事象である。数学的には次のように記述される。例えばさいを投げる場合,それぞれの目が出るのはいろいろな偶然に支配される結果と考え,それら偶然をパラメーターωで表す。1の目が出たのはω1が支配した結果,2の目はω2が,……,6の目はω6が支配したものと考える。これらωを根元事象と呼び,根元事象の集合を事象という。…

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