Hi Paul, > Thanks for explaining that, I see how that causes problems when S is not a > set of numbers. Even so, would it make sense for the random variable ps to > be the identity function X(x) = x on the probability space ps? Currently the > random variable ps is the function X(x) = P(x). Is this a useful random > variable that I'm just not aware of?
Well, ps is a probability space (you did create it as DiscreteProbabilitySpace, rather than DiscreteRandomVariable, which I had missed in my first reply), hence its values are necessarily probabilities. There is no other valid choice. To create a DiscreteRandomVariable, you currently must first create a probability space, then the function on that space. One could have shorter constructors which assume a finite uniform probability space, if not given. The order of the arguments is probability space, then function or values, but if a probability space is no longer required, this order should change. --David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
