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A Brunnian Theorem for Finite Families of Random Variables

General Topology 2025-02-25 v1 Probability

Abstract

In 2014, during a study on the connectivity structures of quantum entanglement, I specifically introduced the notion of ''the connectivity structure of a family of random variables'' -- a structure that expresses the dependency relations between the variables in question -- and I stated the following proposition, which can be described as Brunnian in reference to Hermann Brunn's work on links (1892) : "Every finite connectivity structure is that of a family of random variables". At the time, however, I neglected to write down the proof of this assertion, merely providing an intuitive idea of it. The purpose of this article is to present such a proof.

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@article{arxiv.2502.16997,
  title  = {A Brunnian Theorem for Finite Families of Random Variables},
  author = {Stéphane Dugowson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.16997},
  year   = {2025}
}

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