What can r.v.s mean?

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I am reading "Introduction to Probability" 2nd edition (Blitzstein). He uses the abbreviation r.v for random variable which he explains. However, without introducing what "r.v.s" should mean, he uses it like this:

So what do you think this means? This is his first use of the abbreviation so I cannot provide any more info.

Oh gosh - but why in the world would you this use a punctuation mark after "r.v"? — That Guy, Oct 09 '19 at 17:07
As has already been noted, rv(s) is short for random variable(s). This notation is used in scipy.stats implementations of probability distributions. For example, scipy.stats.norm.rvs(size=(10,)) samples the $N(0,,1)$ distribution $10$ times. — J.G., Oct 09 '19 at 17:16

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '19 at 17:08

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The abbreviation r.v.s is Random variables

answered Oct 09 '19 at 17:08

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What can r.v.s mean?

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