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On the impossibility of events of zero probability

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A logically consistent way of maintaining the events of probability zero are actually impossible is presented.

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  1. Economic Department, Columbia University, 10025, New York, NY, USA

    Asad Zaman

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Zaman, A. On the impossibility of events of zero probability. Theor Decis 23, 157–159 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126303

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