Basic implications from conditional i.i.d.-ness #
A conditionally i.i.d. sequence is exchangeable and contractable, and a conditionally i.i.d. family over any index type is an exchangeable family. These are the easy directions of de Finetti's theorem and of its Ryll-Nardzewski extension to contractable sequences: conditional independence given a directing measure forces every finite selection of coordinates to have the same law, whatever indices are chosen and in whatever order. Each holds both for a named directing measure and in the existential form.
Main results #
ConditionallyIIDWith.exchangeable,ConditionallyIIDWith.contractable— at a named directing measure.ConditionallyIID.exchangeable,ConditionallyIID.contractable— their existential corollaries.ConditionallyIIDWith.exchangeableFamily,ConditionallyIID.exchangeableFamily— the same implication for families over an arbitrary index type.
A sequence with a named directing measure is exchangeable.
A conditionally i.i.d. sequence is exchangeable.
A sequence with a named directing measure is contractable.
A conditionally i.i.d. sequence is contractable.
A conditionally i.i.d. family with a named directing measure is exchangeable.
A conditionally i.i.d. family is exchangeable.