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A sample space S associated with an experiment is a set of elements such that any outcome of the experiment corresponds to a unique element of the set. An element A is a subset of a sample space S. An element in a sample space is called an event.
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Banichuk, N.V., Neittaanmäki, P. (2010). Some Basic Notions of Probability Theory. In: Structural Optimization with Uncertainties. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 162. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2518-0_14
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