TOPICS
Search

Fermat's Principle of Conjunctive Probability


The probability that two events will both happen is hk, where h is the probability that the first event will happen, and k is the probability that the second event will happen when the first event is known to have happened.


See also

Conditional Probability

Explore with Wolfram|Alpha

References

Whittaker, E. T. and Robinson, G. The Calculus of Observations: A Treatise on Numerical Mathematics, 4th ed. New York: Dover, p. 317, 1967.

Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha

Fermat's Principle of Conjunctive Probability

Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Fermat's Principle of Conjunctive Probability." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsPrincipleofConjunctiveProbability.html

Subject classifications