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arxiv: 1809.00882 · v1 · pith:OTC45XL5new · submitted 2018-09-04 · 🧮 math.PR

An elementary proof of de Finetti's Theorem

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A sequence of random variables is called exchangeable if the joint distribution of the sequence is unchanged by any permutation of the indices. De Finetti's theorem characterizes all $\{0,1\}$-valued exchangeable sequences as a "mixture" of sequences of independent random variables. We present an new, elementary proof of de Finetti's Theorem. The purpose of this paper is to make this theorem accessible to a broader community through an essentially self-contained proof.

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