Two events 
and 
are called independent if their probabilities satisfy 
(Papoulis 1984, p. 40).
Independent Events
See also
Event, Independent Statistics, Markov Chain Explore this topic in the MathWorld classroomExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Papoulis, A. Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Independent EventsCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Independent Events." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/IndependentEvents.html