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We consider a finite family of conditional events and, among other results, we prove a connection property for the set of coherent assessments on such family. This property assures that, for every pair of coherent assessments on the family, there exists (at least) a continuous curve C whose points are intermediate coherent probability assessments. We also consider the compactness property for the set of coherent assessments. Then, as a corollary of connection and closure properties, we obtain the theorem of extension for coherent conditional probabilities.
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Biazzo, V., Gilio, A. (2005). Some Theoretical Properties of Conditional Probability Assessments. In: Godo, L. (eds) Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. ECSQARU 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3571. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11518655_65
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