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Two Kinds of Invariance of Full Conditional Probabilities

Tom 61 / 2013

Bulletin Polish Acad. Sci. Math. 61 (2013), 277-283 MSC: Primary 60A99, 60B99; Secondary 06F15. DOI: 10.4064/ba61-3-9

Streszczenie

Let $G$ be a group acting on $\Omega$ and $\scr F$ a $G$-invariant algebra of subsets of $\Omega$. A full conditional probability on $\scr F$ is a function $P:\scr F\times (\scr F\backslash \{ \varnothing \})\to[0,1]$ satisfying the obvious axioms (with only finite additivity). It is weakly $G$-invariant provided that $P(gA\,|\, gB)=P(A\,|\, B)$ for all $g\in G$ and $A,B\in \scr F$, and strongly $G$-invariant provided that $P(gA\,|\, B)=P(A\,|\, B)$ whenever $g\in G$ and $A\cup gA\subseteq B$. Armstrong (1989) claimed that weak and strong invariance are equivalent, but we shall show that this is false and that weak $G$-invariance implies strong $G$-invariance for every $\Omega$, $\scr F$ and $P$ as above if and only if $G$ has no non-trivial left-orderable quotient. In particular, $G=\mathbb Z$ provides a counterexample to Armstrong's claim.

Autorzy

• Alexander R. PrussDepartment of Philosophy
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97273
Waco, TX 76798-7273, U.S.A.
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