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Is it possible for an event A to be independent from event B, but not the other way around?

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I was wondering, if event $A$ is independent from event $B$, would $B$ also be independent of event $A$? My original thought was that it should be independent, but then I realized if $A$ is independent from $B$ then we have: $$P(A|B)=P(A)label{1}tag{1}$$ and for $B$ to be independent from $A$ we need to have: $$P(B|A)=P(B)label{2}tag{2}$$ but in $ref{1}$ if $P(A)=0$ then $ref{2}$ doesn't make sense, so then $B$ wouldn't be independent from $A$?

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I was wondering, if event $A$ is independent from event $B$, would $B$ also be independent of event $A$? My original thought was that it should be independent, but then I realized if $A$ is independent from $B$ then we have: $$P(A|B)=P(A)label{1}tag{1}$$ and for $B$ to be independent from $A$ we need to have: $$P(B|A)=P(B)label{2}tag{2}$$ but in $ref{1}$ if $P(A)=0$ then $ref{2}$ doesn't make sense, so then $B$ wouldn't be independent from $A$?

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I was wondering, if event $A$ is independent from event $B$, would $B$ also be independent of event $A$? My original thought was that it should be independent, but then I realized if $A$ is independent from $B$ then we have: $$P(A|B)=P(A)label{1}tag{1}$$ and for $B$ to be independent from $A$ we need to have: $$P(B|A)=P(B)label{2}tag{2}$$ but in $ref{1}$ if $P(A)=0$ then $ref{2}$ doesn't make sense, so then $B$ wouldn't be independent from $A$?

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$P(A mid B) = P(A)$ should not be taken as the definition of independence, $P(A cap B) = P(A)P(B)$ should be taken as the definition of independence. From this we can prove $P(A mid B) = P(A)$ as a corollary, provided that $P(B) > 0$.

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$P(A|B)=P(A)$ is not the correct definition of independence. The correct definition is $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. These definitions are equivalent if $P(B)>0$. With the correct definition there is symmetry between $A$ and $B$ so $A$ independent of $B$ is same as $B$ independent of $A$

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$P(Bmid A)$ is undefined when $P(A)=0$, so you can’t draw any conclusions about independence of the two events from it. That one reason why (despite what the Wikipedia page on conditional probability might imply) the fundamental definition of independence of two events uses their joint probability: $A$ and $B$ are independent iff $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. This definition is symmetric.

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$P(A mid B) = P(A)$ should not be taken as the definition of independence, $P(A cap B) = P(A)P(B)$ should be taken as the definition of independence. From this we can prove $P(A mid B) = P(A)$ as a corollary, provided that $P(B) > 0$.

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$P(A mid B) = P(A)$ should not be taken as the definition of independence, $P(A cap B) = P(A)P(B)$ should be taken as the definition of independence. From this we can prove $P(A mid B) = P(A)$ as a corollary, provided that $P(B) > 0$.

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$P(A mid B) = P(A)$ should not be taken as the definition of independence, $P(A cap B) = P(A)P(B)$ should be taken as the definition of independence. From this we can prove $P(A mid B) = P(A)$ as a corollary, provided that $P(B) > 0$.

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$P(A|B)=P(A)$ is not the correct definition of independence. The correct definition is $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. These definitions are equivalent if $P(B)>0$. With the correct definition there is symmetry between $A$ and $B$ so $A$ independent of $B$ is same as $B$ independent of $A$

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$P(A|B)=P(A)$ is not the correct definition of independence. The correct definition is $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. These definitions are equivalent if $P(B)>0$. With the correct definition there is symmetry between $A$ and $B$ so $A$ independent of $B$ is same as $B$ independent of $A$

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$P(A|B)=P(A)$ is not the correct definition of independence. The correct definition is $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. These definitions are equivalent if $P(B)>0$. With the correct definition there is symmetry between $A$ and $B$ so $A$ independent of $B$ is same as $B$ independent of $A$

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$P(Bmid A)$ is undefined when $P(A)=0$, so you can’t draw any conclusions about independence of the two events from it. That one reason why (despite what the Wikipedia page on conditional probability might imply) the fundamental definition of independence of two events uses their joint probability: $A$ and $B$ are independent iff $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. This definition is symmetric.

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$P(Bmid A)$ is undefined when $P(A)=0$, so you can’t draw any conclusions about independence of the two events from it. That one reason why (despite what the Wikipedia page on conditional probability might imply) the fundamental definition of independence of two events uses their joint probability: $A$ and $B$ are independent iff $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. This definition is symmetric.

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$P(Bmid A)$ is undefined when $P(A)=0$, so you can’t draw any conclusions about independence of the two events from it. That one reason why (despite what the Wikipedia page on conditional probability might imply) the fundamental definition of independence of two events uses their joint probability: $A$ and $B$ are independent iff $P(Acap B)=P(A)P(B)$. This definition is symmetric.

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