Random variables are independent iff their joint distribution is the product measure. #
There are several possible measurability assumptions:
- The map
ω ↦ (Xᵢ(ω))ᵢis measurable. - For all
i, the mapω ↦ Xᵢ(ω)is measurable. - The map
ω ↦ (Xᵢ(ω))ᵢis almost everywhere measurable. - For all
i, the mapω ↦ Xᵢ(ω)is almost everywhere measurable. Although the first two options are equivalent, the last two are not if the index set is not countable. Therefore we first prove the third caseiIndepFun_iff_map_fun_eq_infinitePi_map₀, then deduce the fourth case iniIndepFun_iff_map_fun_eq_infinitePi_map₀'(assuming the index type is countable), and we prove the first case iniIndepFun_iff_map_fun_eq_infinitePi_map.
Random variables are independent iff their joint distribution is the product measure. This
is a version where the random variable ω ↦ (Xᵢ(ω))ᵢ is almost everywhere measurable.
See iIndepFun_iff_map_fun_eq_infinitePi_map₀' for a version which only assumes that
each Xᵢ is almost everywhere measurable and that ι is countable.
Random variables are independent iff their joint distribution is the product measure. This is
an AEMeasurable version of iIndepFun_iff_map_fun_eq_infinitePi_map, which is why it requires
ι to be countable.
Random variables are independent iff their joint distribution is the product measure.
Given random variables X i : Ω i → 𝓧 i, they are independent when viewed as random
variables defined on the product space Π i, Ω i.