The term law has various meanings within probability. It is sometimes used synonymously with distribution of a random variable. However, it also may refer to an event or phenomenon that occurs in some predictable sense, as in a “law of averages.” The latter is the context of the present section.
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(2007). Classical Zero–One Laws, Laws of Large Numbers and Deviations. In: A Basic Course in Probability Theory. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71939-9_4
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