Sample Space \(\Omega\)

  • Set of all possible events: Must be exhaustive and exclusive

  • Examples

    • Throw a die: \(\Omega = \{1,2,3,4,5,6\}\)
    • Flipping 2 coins: \(\Omega = \{(H,H),(H,T),(T,H),(T,T)\}\) (Cartesian product)
    • Phase angle of a Voltage: \(\Omega = \{\theta \mid 0 \leq \Theta \leq 2 \pi\}\)
    • Can also be alphabets, functions, vectors, EEG signals, images … etc.