Atom 是测度论中的一个概念。
In mathematics, more precisely in measure theory, an atom is a measurable set which has positive measure and contains no set of smaller positive measure. A measure which has no atoms is called non-atomic or atomless.
简单来说,如果可测集是 atom,那么对于,,就有。如果一个测度不存在 atom,就说这个测度是 non-atomic或者atomless。
这个概念在概率论里面有一个很直观的例子,就是当不可数时,如果存在,这样的概率空间,显然不太好,所以有时候会给概率空间加上 atomless 的条件!
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