The generality of the zero-one laws

Akimichi Takemura; Vladimir Vovk; Glenn Shafer

The generality of the zero-one laws

Akimichi Takemura, Vladimir Vovk, Glenn Shafer

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Abstract

We prove game-theoretic generalizations of some well known zero-one laws. Our proofs make the martingales behind the laws explicit, and our results illustrate how martingale arguments can have implications going beyond measure-theoretic probability.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 26 Mar 2008

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math.PR
60F20

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