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Unsigned basic expectation is compatible with probability measure
Formulation 1
Let $P = (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a D1159: Probability space such that
(i) $E \in \mathcal{F}$ is an D1716: Event in $P$
(ii) $I_E : \Omega \to \{ 0, 1 \}$ is the D41: Indicator function on $\Omega$ with respect to $E$
Then \begin{equation} \mathbb{E}(I_E) = \mathbb{P}(E) \end{equation}
Formulation 1
Let $P = (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a D1159: Probability space such that
(i) $E \in \mathcal{F}$ is an D1716: Event in $P$
(ii) $I_E : \Omega \to \{ 0, 1 \}$ is the D41: Indicator function on $\Omega$ with respect to $E$
Then \begin{equation} \int_{\Omega} I_E \, d \mathbb{P} = \mathbb{P}(E) \end{equation}
Proofs
Proof 0
Let $P = (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a D1159: Probability space such that
(i) $E \in \mathcal{F}$ is an D1716: Event in $P$
(ii) $I_E : \Omega \to \{ 0, 1 \}$ is the D41: Indicator function on $\Omega$ with respect to $E$
This result is a particular case of R1242: Unsigned basic integral is compatible with measure. $\square$