Countable Sub-additivity of Events

Theorem (Countable Sub-additivity of Events)

Let An,n∈NA_n, n\in\mathbb{N} be a sequence of events that are not necessarily disjoint. For a fixed n: P(A1∩…∩An)≤∑i=1nP(Ai)P(A_1\cap\ldots\cap A_n)\le\sum_{i=1}^n P(A_i) Countable sub-additivity: P(⋃n=1∞An)≤∑n=1∞P(An)P(\bigcup_{n=1}^\infty A_n)\le\sum_{n=1}^\infty P(A_n)