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support (Definition)

If $f$ is a probability distribution on $\Omega$ then the support of $f$ is $\{x\in \Omega\mid f(x)>0\}$ That is, the set of $x$ which have a positive probability under the distribution.




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This is version 3 of support, born on 2002-09-07, modified 2006-09-15.
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AMS MSC68Q30 (Computer science :: Theory of computing :: Algorithmic information theory )
 60A99 (Probability theory and stochastic processes :: Foundations of probability theory :: Miscellaneous)

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