---
tag: 0GQ938GDE0
kind: concept
name: Independence of random variables
aliases: [mutually-independent-random-variables]
msc: [60A05]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_(probability_theory)
    locator: More than two random variables
---

## Summary

A family of random variables is independent, or mutually independent, when events about different members of the family are always mutually independent.
The node [[independence of random variables|0XCE070V8B]] gives the precise definition.