Definition df-orvc 30518

Description: Define the preimage set mapping operator. In probability theory, the notation P ( X = A ) denotes the probability that a random variable X takes the value A. We introduce here an operator which enables to write this in Metamath as ( P ` ( X∘<sub>RV/𝑐</sub> _I A ) ), and keep a similar notation. Because with this notation ( X∘<sub>RV/𝑐</sub> _I A ) is a set, we can also apply it to conditional probabilities, like in ( P ` ( X∘_RV/𝑐 _I A ) | ( Y∘_RV/𝑐 _I B ) ) ).

The oRVC operator transforms a relation R into an operation taking a random variable X and a constant C, and returning the preimage through X of the equivalence class of C.

The most commonly used relations are: - equality: { X = A } as ( X∘_RV/𝑐 _I A ) cf. ideq 5274- elementhood: { X e. A } as ( X∘_RV/𝑐 _E A ) cf. epel 5032- less-than: { X <_ A } as ( X∘_RV/𝑐 <_ A )

Even though it is primarily designed to be used within probability theory and with random variables, this operator is defined on generic functions, and could be used in other fields, e.g. for continuous functions. (Contributed by Thierry Arnoux, 15-Jan-2017.)

Assertion

Ref	Expression
df-orvc	|- ∘RV/𝑐 R = ( x e. { x | Fun x } , a e. _V |-> ( `' x " { y | y R a } ) )

Distinct variable group:   x, a, y, R

Detailed syntax breakdown of Definition df-orvc

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		cR	. . 3 class R
2	1	corvc 30517	. 2 class ∘RV/𝑐 R
3		vx	. . 3 setvar x
4		va	. . 3 setvar a
5	3	cv 1482	. . . . 5 class x
6	5	wfun 5882	. . . 4 wff Fun x
7	6, 3	cab 2608	. . 3 class { x | Fun x }
8		cvv 3200	. . 3 class _V
9	5	ccnv 5113	. . . 4 class `' x
10		vy	. . . . . . 7 setvar y
11	10	cv 1482	. . . . . 6 class y
12	4	cv 1482	. . . . . 6 class a
13	11, 12, 1	wbr 4653	. . . . 5 wff y R a
14	13, 10	cab 2608	. . . 4 class { y | y R a }
15	9, 14	cima 5117	. . 3 class ( `' x " { y | y R a } )
16	3, 4, 7, 8, 15	cmpt2 6652	. 2 class ( x e. { x | Fun x } , a e. _V |-> ( `' x " { y | y R a } ) )
17	2, 16	wceq 1483	1 wff ∘RV/𝑐 R = ( x e. { x | Fun x } , a e. _V |-> ( `' x " { y | y R a } ) )

This definition is referenced by:  orvcval  30519